In the morning of the 19th of August
at around 5 am i went to the central bus statoin in Jodhpur to catch a
bus to the city which is called "Jaisalmer". Well i was shocked when i
arrived at this bus station, because usually early in the morning places
are not as crowded in india. But at this bus station there were so many
people. So i got in line for that ticket window. After waiting for like
1 hour i finally reached the window, and the guy in side that window
told me that this was the wrong ticket window and i would have to go to
another window.
That was kind of anoying because i had only 10 minutes left at this time until the bus would depart.
So
i ran around trying to find the right ticket window. Unfortunately
there was also a long queue infront of that window. I was so afraid that
i might miss the bus, that i didn't get in line but just went straight
onto the bus. My plan was to stitch the bus driver to just let me drive
without a ticket. I was like "if i pay him enough he will just let me
on that bus without a ticket, i mean seriously, who needs a ticket? This
is india. In india everything is possible, that's what people always
keep telling me". It actually worked for me. So inside the bus the bus
driver after we had started asked me for my ticket. I told him i would
pay him cash instead of the ticket. So i payed him around 200 Rupi,
which is maybe 3 euros, and he gave me some kind of bill for it.
At
around 11 am the same day i arrived finally in the city Jaisalmer. From
there i got a free pick up from my hotel. I was staying in a very nice
hotel called "Renuka". This hotel is located outside the fortress. And
if you go to it's rooftop restaurant from the top you can see the whole
fortress, which is pretty cool. The staff of this hotel was very
friendly and welcoming, and the food in the restaurant was also very
good.
In this city it's
possible to stay in hotels either inside the fortress or outside the
fortress. Well i prefered staying outside, because i thought it might be
a bit cheaper, and you know, when you are inside the fortress, you can
not actually see the fortress.
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| Fortress of Jaisalmer seen from my rooftop |
From all the cities that i have seen so far in india, i really like Jaisalmer the most. The streets were not as dirty as in other cities, and i liked the colors of the building which were all made of yellow sandstone.
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| street in Jaisalmer |
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| another street in Jaisalmer |
One
of the main attractions in Jaisalmer, and i guess one of the main
reasons, why so many people come to this place, are the desert &
camel safaris. I did such a trip from the 20th to the 21st of August.
Basically they were driving us into that desert with a car. They showed
us some small villages on the country side. Then we went camel riding
for about 2 hours to some sand dune.
On that sand dune we stayed over night and slept under the stars.
This
was incredible. I have always dreamed of watching the stars at night
from a desert. I think i have never seen the stars like that before.
Well
the tour afterall was fun, but not quite what the had told us. Because
this desert wasn't really a desert. It was more of a savanna, because
there were many trees and bushes growing in the sand. And the camels
were not actually camels but dromedaries. But all in all it was a nice
experience
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| our dromedaries sitting in the sand dune |
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| me standing in the sand dune |
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| shadow of me riding the dromedary |
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