Samstag, 8. Januar 2011

Day 4 - Bikaner and Jaisalmer

In the morning we did a one-hour tour of the Junagarh fort in Bikaner.
The fort had been built by 16 different maharajas over 350 years. Each of the palaces of the fort looked different, representing the varying tastes of the maharajas. Really impressive looking at all the little details everywhere.

After that we left towards Jaisalmer, which is only about 100 km from the Pakistan border.
Of course, on the way there we had food at a roadside restaurant again.


Road between Bikaner and Jaisalmer

Tea stand in western Rajasthan style

Waterhole with cranes on the way to Jaisalmer

We arrived in Jaisalmer just in time to watch the sunset outside the city.


Sunset outside Jaisalmer

After checking in at Apollo Guest House, Sanzi walked us to the Desert Cultural Center & Museum, where we watched a muppet show. Sanzi had told us to come back the same road and not walk anywhere else, so we did that.


Stringpuppets at the puppet show in Jaisalmer

The roof top restaurant where we had dinner was about 500 m away from the guest house and somebody from the hotel joined us on our way there. Food was nice and I tried Kingfisher beer. It was quite cold and windy, but the nice view over the lit Jaisalmer fort made up for it.

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