Jaisalmer, India November 12, 2006
We had the damnest time trying to get a train ticket from Delhi to Jaisalmer, for some reason everyone kept claiming that it was impossible....yeah right, we don't buy that BS...We took a 20 1/2 hour train and made it to Jaisalmer safely and full! The food in India is the best food we have ever had. It is a vegetarian paradise here!!!!
Jaisalmer is a cozy little town in the state of Rajasthan, and is @ 100 miles from the Pakistan border. It is in the Thar desert and it glows in the sun. Everything is made of sandstone in this golden prize of a city. Indian culture thrives here and the people are charming and inviting. The Jain Temples located within the Jaisalmer Fort walls mezmerized our feeble minds and briefly took our breath away. Unlike anything we have ever seen. The delicate carvings within the sanstone temples pictorialized their ancient religion of Jainism and captivated our imaginations.
We saw yet another enthralling sunset, this time, over the Thar Desert at Sunset Point, while we were serenaded by a local Indian musician. Our new friend Karrim, took us to dinner and we dined on the freshest Indian cuisine around. Delicious. We loved everything about Jaislemar, and could not be happier with our choice to endure the long journey through Rajasthan to arrive in this magical place. India is everything we could ever imagined and so, so much more.
P.S. They think that I am famous and keep begging me for my picture...kinda cool. I just tell them my name is Britney.