Ev Star

Mad and I are now in Jaisalmer, our most westernly destination on this trip.  So far I have really liked it here!  It might have a lot to do with feeling better and also with having a swimming pool at our hostel.  It’s pretty sweet!  It gets super hot here (40 degrees or so) so we have taken to going out in the morning, resting/swimming for a couple hours, and then going out at 4 or 5pm again. 

One of the things that was first obvious upon our arrival here is that half the cow population that normally ambles along the streets has been traded for camels and the palm trees have been exchanged for cactus plants and small shrubbery.  It really is desert like!  Either tonight or tomorrow night Mad and I will go on a camel ride in the sand dunes.  We’ve chosen to do the sunset trip with the hopes that we won’t be in the middle of the desert in the extreme heat of the day.  Although I am not fond of horseback riding or elephant riding, I am still feeling optimistic about camel riding.  We’ll see how it goes.

I’ll just backtrack a little now as it’s been some time since I’ve put up a real post.   Before we arrived in Jaisalmer we spent one evening in Jodhpur.   The city was not really one that either of us was dying to go to, but there was no train directly to Jaisalmer from Udaipur so we had to spend a night somewhere.  We actually both enjoyed our stay in Jodhpur though.  We stayed in a guesthouse located right underneath the city palace/fort.  We spent several hours exploring the palace/fort and altogether enjoyed our day there. 

Prior to Jodhpur, we spent a few days in Udaipur.  I also enjoyed our time in Udaipur.  I took a cooking class there.  I almost didn’t because it was sort of expensive, but I’m glad I did, I got some nice recipes (everyone will have to come over for indian food when we’re back!)  Udaipur’s big claim to fame is that bits of the James Bond film ‘Octopussy’ were filmed there.  Almost all the restaurants play the film every single evening.  Mad and I and Amy and Paul (couple from England) went and watched it one night.  It was actually more entertaining than we expected!  The poor people who work at those restaurants must be SO sick of it though.

bye for now!

Ev