Jaisalmer and Jodhpur

Jaisalmer is a desert town right near the border of Pakistan. The first day we explored around the fort and all of the different alleyways within it. We hired a guide who was quite irritating (bossy- typical Indian male;)), but I believe us girls irritated him back with our constant looking in stores and making him wait for us to get some henna done. All of Jaisalmer is a sandstone colour- its breathtaking. We watched the sunset, looking at the fort- What a view! We also explored some havelis which were beautiful as always. During the evening we drove out 50 km away to where we would go for our camel ride. The accommodation wasn't what we expected, it was too nice! When we first booked this portion of the trip we had expected that we would sleep in the desert (much like what I had already done in Egypt). When we discovered we would be sleeping in a hotel style hut a bit outside of the desert this was not acceptable! Us girls made the men (including our poor driver Hookum) ride back out with us on the camels so we could sleep under the stars. Once we arrived they made a little fire for us but we were quite tired so we just crawled onto our mattress and fell asleep. We had no tents so it was a bit cold, and the Camels next to us were being quite noisy eating away at the plants- but it was totally worth it. Today we took a long drive to Jodhpur - the blue city. We explored the Mehrangarh Fort, one of the best preserved in Rajasthan, and took tons of pictures. We also had a really interesting experience getting our palms read. All of ours were freakishly spot on. He talked about our personalities, work, love lives, health, and past. I have never believed in this sort of stuff- but seriously the things this man said were crazy. It was a great experience. Tomorrow we go to Udaipur in the South-- this is the city with the palace on the lake and where James Bond's 'Octopussy' was filmed. Will update later with pictures, sorry for the quick bad quality writing but am in a rush! We are staying in a beautiful haveli with a lovely courtyard, and the soft mattress in my room is calling me to sleep.

Love Krista