Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer is the Golden City. It is on the far western side of Rajistan near the Pakistan border. It is bordered on all sides by the desert. Our first 2 nights, we stayed with a family in a small village in the desert about 17 km north-east of Jaisalmer. While there, we went on a camel ride and ate in the sand dunes. I won’t discuss it in this page because I think the C covered it pretty well in his blog Jaisalmer Desert.

After our stay in the desert, we stayed for 3 nights in the town. We splashed out a bit and stayed at a nice hotel with a swimming pool. It felt so good to go for a swim after our days in the desert and wash off all that sand!

The Town and Fort

The town has a lot of stunning buildings and havelis. They are intricately carved in the sandstone they are made out of. There is also a large fort on the hill dominating the town. The fort is really like a separate town itself with tonnes of hotels, restaurants and shops located within the fort complex.

The Lake

The other attraction in town is the lake. The lake area had some nice buildings and a gate, but unfortunately, the banks were completely covered in trash.

Next stop: Bikaner – our last city we’ll visit in India. The cow count from Jaisalmer to Bikaner was: 611 cows and 33 camels.

Here are some scenes from the road: