Jaisalmer and the desert

Yesterday we travelled to Jaisalmer, another 6 hour journey and yes Rach fell asleep. When we arrived we went to our accommodation - a kind of campsite from where they do camel safari. We dropped our stuff off and then went on a camel ride across the desert dunes. It was good fun but sore on the buttocks, especially when they raced them. When we got back to the campsite the owners se up a seated area where we sat and watched Indian dance and listened to an Indian band. They brought dinner out but by that time it was dark so we had no idea what we were eating. The dancers performed stunts - in the picture the woman has a needle in her eye. She bent over backwards and picked it up with her eye!

We had a few beers and chatted to an American couple on honeymoon.

We went to bed and when we got inside the tent it sounded like it was raining outside - it was actually all the insects flying into the tent. Many were also inside from little moths to big grasshoppers and dung beatles. We put the mosquito net up which saved us from the insect attacks. Unfortunately by the time we got it up there were already hundreds of insects inside the bed. We spend the first 15 minutes in bed swatting bugs. The other problem we had was that it was about 40 degrees and despite the door being open there was no breeze. Not the best nights sleep.

Today we have been in the centre of Jaisalmer and walked around the old narrow streets and markets in the Fort. Bloody hot in the desert so hopefully going to have a chilled out afternoon catching up on sleep. Tomorrow we go Jodhpur.

Lots of love

Rach & Mark. xxx