jaisalmer

We bumpily rode into jaisalmer from jodhpur by bus. planes trains and automobiles for us. Jaisalmer is very....sandy. the colors are sandstones and sand gets in your clothes and hair and eyes. Jaisalmer is north west of the country, and pretty close to pakistan, maybe 40 miles or so. Its mainly an army base and a desert camel town. the place we stayed at was pretty sweet and gave way to a most beautiful view of the fort. Jaisalmer has a really cool vibe to the town. Its not as crazy chaotic as some places and was pretty inviting for the most part. The best thing, hands down, about the place was our camel safari. can you believe it? riding in a big ole CAMEL in the middle of the THAR desert! i still kind of cant believe it. we went on the camel trek with 2 camel dudes and 2 girls from japan who giggled a lot (and snored throughout the whole night..oy!). overall, the experience was beyond amazing. gieves at first had this camel that had an infected nose-like piercing where they put the rope on the camel to lead them. after a while though, i couldnt figure out if he was in pain that badly with all his horrible yelping or if he was just being a stubborn pain in the behind. either way it was sad, but we got it worked out and eventually swapped out papou with another guy. not that i wanna boast (but i will) i had the best camel possibly ever, in the world. his name is dali but i liked to think of it as dolly and he wore 2 big hemp necklaces around his neck and didnt make a peep. just kept walking and chilling and being cute. after a very long ride throughout the desert we got to dunes and saw a lot of animals (dung beetles, a sand fox!, cool birds) and an amazing dune-y sunset. we set up camp and ate amazing indian food served up on the fire and fell asleep to a huge, amazingly open stary sky. first time i ever rode a camel and slept in the middle of the desert under a huge sheet of stars, in the same day, i cant complain. the stars were so bright it lit up the dunes at night and you could see their peeks. 4 days were all good days in jaisalmer. next onto jaipur!
sidenote: i wonder what dolly is doing right now? being cute i bet.