Trip to Jaisalmer

From the day I had started traveling, the two places that I wanted to visit were Jaisalmer and Khajuraho. It is like dream come true, visiting Jaisalmer.

This trip was planned for four days during the long weekend of Good Friday and Easter. We started on Thursday evening and reached Jaisalmer on Friday 1.30Pm, as usual our Indian railways was late by an hour.

Our plan was to spend more time on the desert life and some to see around the fort and the palace. So straight away we started to enquire about the tour organizers. Since lonely planet was our tourist guide, we followed it recommendation. It was recommended to check out with Ganesh and Sahara Travels for the camel safari. First we had a chat with the Ganesh Travels and then with Sahara. We were very much convinced with Sahara travels and scheduled the trip for next day starting at 9AM.

Since we had the whole afternoon and evening we checked in a near by hotel. We all refreshed and started off to check the near by sites. The first site we visited was the Gadisar lake. This is a man made lake and the only water resource to Jaisalmer. Jain temples surround the lake. Middle of the lake there are some buildings constructed, maybe for the kings and queens to enjoy the evening or even to take bath.

After spending an hour in the lake we headed to the sunset point, which is around 2 to 4kms from the lake. From there one should be able to get a beautiful view of the fort during the sunset. But I think the time we went the sky was cloudy and the sunset was not much attractive. Actually the sunset point is nothing but a cemetery for the Brahmins. After spending the evening there we headed back to the fort to do some shopping. Jaisalmer has nothing of as special. Every item is from the near by city Jodhpur. So the price of goods was also not so attractive. Since we wanted to get something as a remembrance we headed to a cloth shop and got some kurutas. Around 10Pm we were totally exhausted and headed back to the hotel for a good sleep, so that we can enjoy the next day. We were very much excited about the next day’s camel safari.

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