Jaisalmer - Exploring the Golden City of Rajasthan Day 1

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This was quite the treat since when we arrived it was still dark out and we were quite exhausted from our first overnight sleeper train."},{"type":"text","content":"The nice team at Real Desert Man Camel Safari **loaded us up in their jeeps and trucked us to their hotel**. They gave us a room to store our stuff, rest and shower, before joining them up on the roof for breakfast."},{"type":"text","content":"The atmosphere was quiet and calm. **The Jaisalmer Fort** stood impressively before us, shining bright gold in the morning sun's rays."},{"type":"text","content":"I toss my scrambled eggs to a stray kitty, who completely stole my attention from chatting with fellow camel safari-goers. I didn't mind. Once rested and full, we decided to get a taste of the Jaisalmer Fort before it was time to begin the safari."}]},{"address":"Jaisalmer Fort","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18347772757635147,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":26.91221847318679,"longitude":70.91280100000002},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# **Inside the Jaisalmer Fort**"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2F2023-04-12%2019-53-25%20(mp3cut.net).mp3?alt=media&token=af6de76b-6bf1-4a84-a38f-1eb837af36d3"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-47-02%20Life_inside_Jaisalmer_Fort.JPG%20(JPEG%20Image%204000%20%C3%97%203000%20pixels)%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(31%25).png?alt=media&token=709e9395-e708-427d-861e-69b0fbc86564"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-46-56%20shutterstock_379658137-Jain-temple-architecture-details-in-Jaisalmer-fort.jpg%20(WEBP%20Image%20700%20%C3%97%20466%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=079c4b96-e798-46f4-8ceb-0cf2303404c6"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-46-47%20img_8375.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201080%20%C3%97%201440%20pixels)%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(66%25).png?alt=media&token=1260a9e3-2bd3-415c-84c5-8e0d056a15d6"},{"type":"text","content":"There's one access to the **Jaisalmer Fort**, and you can't miss it. Its cobblestones lead through an arch, where shops colorfully display their handicrafts on the walls and on tables."},{"type":"text","content":"Cars and tuk-tuks enter the fort via the golden cobblestone and brick pathway, which you follow on foot all the way into the fort."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-46-33%20img_8204.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201440%20%C3%97%201080%20pixels)%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(88%25).png?alt=media&token=f8287e9a-7399-438f-9a6c-cee16e179914"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-12%20at%2019-45-33%20Jaisalmer2-1-1-e1543187084337.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%20800%20%C3%97%20470%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=7594eeea-9c5b-43fb-b133-0cf5af36da24"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-46-42%20img_8386.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201440%20%C3%97%201080%20pixels)%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(88%25).png?alt=media&token=9ef9b963-e56e-4727-aa5e-ee602d95daf7"},{"type":"text","content":"It's bizarre to be there, honestly. It seems unreal that **nearly 3,000 people still live inside the fort**. Can you imagine going home to your house or apartment... inside a majestic fort?😉"},{"type":"text","content":"But the **splash of modernity with the 800-year old architecture** is anything but off- putting. It whips up lavish tales and images of kings and princes living a life of royalty, walking down the same narrow alleyways as I am."},{"type":"text","content":"The best approach to exploring the entirety of the Jaisalmer Fort is to do a little at a time, rather than in one go. There's a whole lot to see and discover inside, so we started out by just window-shopping and **exploring the quieter back streets**. Be careful, though!"},{"type":"text","content":"Getting lost here is pretty easy. And that's how we stumbled upon the sweetest bookstore who guided us to his friend's rooftop restaurant."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-12%20at%2019-50-41%20Jaisalmer3-1-e1584745790257.webp%20(WEBP%20Image%201024%20%C3%97%20601%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=b8339d34-7231-45ec-ac8c-a44ed41c8218"},{"type":"text","content":"The restaurant view was breathtaking. Best of all, we had the whole place to ourselves! We delighted in food and drink and picture-taking before heading back to the hostel to begin our camel safari."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-46-52%20Inside-of-Jaisalmer-Fort.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%20780%20%C3%97%20500%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=a25e1932-e985-47bf-9e5d-35448e91b2b3"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2011-46-38%20img_8369.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201440%20%C3%97%201080%20pixels)%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(88%25).png?alt=media&token=94ac46dd-f6d8-4e94-b07f-e9e938e3169f"}]},{"address":"Thar Desert","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18347772757635147,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":26.931137912846186,"longitude":71.24676035093229},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# **Thar Desert**"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2F2023-04-13%2013-13-51%20(mp3cut.net).mp3?alt=media&token=b4e71428-4b81-4975-a9f5-a2e03887197e"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-12%20at%2018-05-37%20JAISALMER.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201000%20%C3%97%20667%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=bf8801bb-4ec6-4c7a-9d18-030c4d75d5bb"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-12%20at%2018-05-41%20pic.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201200%20%C3%97%20900%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=5805609c-f5fc-444c-9f44-c19d9d4a5851"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-12%20at%2019-21-11%20Real%20Desert%20Man%20Safari%20The%20Best%20Camel%20Safari%20in%20Jaisalmer.png?alt=media&token=06229e48-20fa-47e8-a153-fb3d9f64b6d8"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2012-14-57%20DSC01319-e1544566588409.webp%20(WEBP%20Image%20750%20%C3%97%20500%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=4384ca21-4299-4a1e-95a9-f807867d52a9"},{"type":"text","content":"We pack our bags as lightly as possible. We booked **two nights in the desert**, and we had anticipated this experience since the beginning of our trip."},{"type":"text","content":"With loads of excitement, we pile into jeeps and head further west into the **Thar Desert**."},{"type":"text","content":"The air is getting dustier and drier the farther we go. The driver is playing loud Indian party music and it's putting a big smile on everyone's faces. We dodge the occasional camel in the middle of the road as we speed down the straight, never-ending desert roads."},{"type":"text","content":"Our first stop is **the only oasis** known to the Thar Desert."}]},{"address":"Kuldhara","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18347772757635147,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":26.809411263071155,"longitude":70.79805505563691},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# **The abandoned ghost town of Kuldhara**"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2F2023-04-14%2011-47-18%20(mp3cut.net).mp3?alt=media&token=ee239491-7437-401b-8499-3cabffd4eb6b"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2013-38-28%20Jaisalmer4-1-e1543188795724.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201024%20%C3%97%201024%20pixels)%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(93%25).png?alt=media&token=08a47404-a3f9-4af3-9707-285904ed1952"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-13%20at%2012-14-57%20DSC01319-e1544566588409.webp%20(WEBP%20Image%20750%20%C3%97%20500%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=69feab65-8fa2-4dc8-a7e8-a6ba4b2700bf"},{"type":"text","content":"The first attraction of our camel safari is an **abandoned ghost town known as Kuldhara**. It was once a thriving town of folk from the Brahmin caste - the upper caste in the Indian caste hierarchy. Legends have recounted various stories, but the one our guide told us was rather spookish. I've since researched it and it's a lot less mysterious than he made it out to be, haha."},{"type":"text","content":"Here, we had \"free time” to roam and take pictures. The air was eerily quiet. The place is said to be haunted, which makes it even more interesting in my opinion.\nNonetheless, it pangs at the heart to think of the life that once lived in the houses that today are in ruins."}]},{"address":"Camel Safari Jaisalmer","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18347772757635147,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":26.913631208061314,"longitude":70.91751954999998},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# **Our First Camel Safari**"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2F2023-04-14%2012-59-58%20(mp3cut.net).mp3?alt=media&token=d8cb2fb7-a85f-45cf-8e0e-2cc0a5329a10"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-14%20at%2012-58-05%20Jaisalmer5-1-1024x601.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201024%20%C3%97%20601%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=eebabcda-56d0-49a1-b559-993471e4e6d2"},{"type":"text","content":"After another half hour to hour in the back of the jeep, we finally arrived at our destination. The camels were all strapped up with the camping equipment and ready to go. Each one had a funny look on their face. **Getting on a camel is rather bizarre**, it's almost like a horse but wider and..\"Whoaa, way taller.\" You don't really realize just how tall these magnificent creatures are until you're on it's back when it goes to stand upright."},{"type":"text","content":"Everyone sets on out their camels, **mine was named Kali**, and he had a gentle attitude. I really hated that they all had a spike through their nose, as that's how they're guided. It's not quite like a horse bit, which I'm used to."},{"type":"text","content":"Riding on the back of a camel is a weird experience. You feel like your dancing to a slow disco groove back and forth, back and forth. If you try to change the rhythm pain will ensue. Be warned! I think after 1.5-2 hours on a camel, my cheeks had enough grooving."},{"type":"text","content":"Finally, we made it to our camping spot for the night; in a little pocket of **sand dunes in the Thar Desert**. How exciting! I start to feel a little uneasy as I get off my camel, but I hardly take notice of it."}]},{"address":"W7J3+4Q Jhabra","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18347772757635147,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":26.930301566767945,"longitude":71.25445861951933},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# **Our first night out in the Thar Desert in Jaisalmer**"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2F2023-04-14%2013-20-30%20(mp3cut.net).mp3?alt=media&token=72b3902e-a68d-4a74-abac-3f0c850dfd5a"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-14%20at%2013-12-32%20Jaisalmer6-1-1024x569.jpg%20(JPEG%20Image%201024%20%C3%97%20569%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=e19b00ef-5d89-466d-9f59-fab0abac2d4f"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-12%20at%2019-21-11%20Real%20Desert%20Man%20Safari%20The%20Best%20Camel%20Safari%20in%20Jaisalmer.png?alt=media&token=5733c2bc-75bb-44e7-bd1c-90c9da4afec7"},{"type":"text","content":"Sunset is fast approaching. The camel guides are unloading the camels, tending to them, and setting up our cots. We were going to sleep under the stars and I couldn't have been more excited. Oh, how I wish I could've enjoyed it fully!"},{"type":"text","content":"Everyone spreads out to wander off in the dunes or to take pictures (like we did). The sunset drew nearer, and so we gathered around for snacks and milk tea; freshly brewed over an open desert campfire. A fellow safari-goer took out his guitar and sang."},{"type":"text","content":"But, oh, how I wish I would've given it a thought."},{"type":"text","content":"We share songs around the fire with our guides, who sing together in raspy voices. They have slept many a night out here, under the stars."},{"type":"text","content":"The **dune beetles** are driving me insane as I try to listen. They bury under anything that's warm, so our butts are the first place they go to. They're harmless but tickly and big, so annoying. Some of them wish to be warm forever and jump in the fire to burn. It's a little sad. About ten feet away, the sound of a hundred beetles nibbling on dry bread fills the air. You can hear all of them chewing on it, like fat, happy beetles. It's cute and gross at the same time."}]},{"address":"W7JP+GC Jhabra","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.1527444398751201,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":26.931358052435495,"longitude":71.28607982421877},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# **A Sleepless Night**"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2F2023-04-14%2013-31-22%20(mp3cut.net).mp3?alt=media&token=1968e2b7-fac2-4e86-88b7-258bb9caef9e"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FJOyxrL6poWYD3r7i6zO7%2FScreenshot%202023-04-14%20at%2013-27-29%20Jaisalmer7-1-1024x569.webp%20(WEBP%20Image%201024%20%C3%97%20569%20pixels).png?alt=media&token=77943e63-545b-45b9-a661-4f7602a7db41"},{"type":"text","content":"Yay! Finally, we are all off to bed. We brush our teeth with bottled water and spit it out into the sand. We curl into our cots which have a 1-foot thick duvet on top to keep us warm during the chilly desert night. With blurred vision, I stare up into the night sky, burrow myself into my pillow, and reach for Paul's hand. I'm so ready to sleep."},{"type":"text","content":"Unfortunately, **I was awakened by a sudden bout of nausea**, which tore me from my bed. Paul helped me run down the hill next to me, but I didn't even have time to dig a little hole! The purging didn't end until a few hours later. After the 4th or 5th time, Paul stayed in bed while I ran back down the hill next to the noisy camels."},{"type":"text","content":"I remember sitting on the cold sand, shivering from the desert wind. I didn't have time to grab my glasses, so I squint up into the stars and recognize the Big Dipper faintly. All I remember wanting is to be healthy again! Oh, how we wish for health the second we don't have it."}]}]