On our first day we had a lie in and then went to a restaurant inside the Fort. We thought this was pretty cool that people still live and work inside the fort – over a quarter of the population actually live here. When we got to the restaurant we bumped into Will and Laura (from Jodhpur) so had food with them, had a walk around the fort and around the center to have a look around the shops for some clothes for the safari. In the evening, we met back up with them for tea and drinks.
The next day we were up early for our two day desert camel safari. A jeep came to pick us up, along with another couple who were from the Maldives. First of all, we were taken through a couple of villages before we were dropped off with our guide and the camels. We were basically just told to get on the camel and we were off – no instructions of how and no help! (Typical India). We went trekking on the camels for around three hours before stopping off for lunch. The desert wasn’t really what we expected, it was more dirt/ shrub land rather than sand dunes for miles. There was also a huge wind farm which we could see – so we didn’t really feel very ‘lost in the middle of the desert’. After lunch, we carried on trekking through the desert and came across some sand dunes finally, which were really cool! We stopped off here for a bit before carrying on to our spot for the evening, some more sand dunes with more greenery around. The guide cooked us food, we had chai/tea/coffee around the camp fire and then we set up our beds. We were given a mattress and lots of blankets as it got a bit chilly at night. There were lots of stars out which looked pretty!
It was pretty cool waking up on the sand dunes in the desert… The guide had our breakfast ready and then we started our final part of the trek. We were on the camels for another three hours or so, before stopping off for lunch. We continued after lunch for another hour and then the jeep came to pick us up. We got back to Jaisalmer late afternoon, ready for our overnight bus to Pushkar…
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