Thursday, October 26, 2006
24 October, 2006
We moved to another hotel which was located inside the fort. It was a 600 year old Haveli and it was very cute but the bathroom was shocking – tiny. It was quite a different feeling staying in the fort and we didn’t really need our driver for anything. We did a city tour which was average and then we actually relaxed. Rich did our washing and we sat in our little bay window overlooking the desert city whilst the sun set. We really felt like we had time to chill and do our own thing today and the shops were so easily accessible. Jaisalmer is a quiet and peaceful town with little harassment. It is very hot so the mornings are busy and then it feels like the whole town is sleeping away the uncomfortable afternoon heat. The evenings are very chilled and there is never much hustle and bustle at all. No cars are allowed within the fort so this also helps with the noise pollution. The internet is very slow and frustrating and having a meal is a couple of hours at least. First you wait for the food to come and it takes so long that by the time it comes you have engaged in a conversation with other travelers which could last the entire afternoon or evening.
We moved to another hotel which was located inside the fort. It was a 600 year old Haveli and it was very cute but the bathroom was shocking – tiny. It was quite a different feeling staying in the fort and we didn’t really need our driver for anything. We did a city tour which was average and then we actually relaxed. Rich did our washing and we sat in our little bay window overlooking the desert city whilst the sun set. We really felt like we had time to chill and do our own thing today and the shops were so easily accessible. Jaisalmer is a quiet and peaceful town with little harassment. It is very hot so the mornings are busy and then it feels like the whole town is sleeping away the uncomfortable afternoon heat. The evenings are very chilled and there is never much hustle and bustle at all. No cars are allowed within the fort so this also helps with the noise pollution. The internet is very slow and frustrating and having a meal is a couple of hours at least. First you wait for the food to come and it takes so long that by the time it comes you have engaged in a conversation with other travelers which could last the entire afternoon or evening.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 10:29 AM 
