Showing posts with label Jaisalmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jaisalmer. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Safari!
A camel safari! My most stupid decision yet.
Don't get me wrong, it was fun, but spending three days in the desert sandwiched between the sun and sand so hot it can melt the soles of your feet, was too much.
Still, I'm glad I did it. I'd have regretted it if I didn't, and sleeping outside under the stars was genuinely lovely. But if you ever decide to follow in my sandy footsteps, I have a few tips for you:
This is me and my camel Michael Jackson:
The scenery:
Contrived camels at sunset shot:
Don't get me wrong, it was fun, but spending three days in the desert sandwiched between the sun and sand so hot it can melt the soles of your feet, was too much.
Still, I'm glad I did it. I'd have regretted it if I didn't, and sleeping outside under the stars was genuinely lovely. But if you ever decide to follow in my sandy footsteps, I have a few tips for you:
- Do it in winter
- There's no need to do a 3-day safari. Sand looks the same every day of the week.
- Do it in winter
- Do it in winter
This is me and my camel Michael Jackson:
The scenery:
Contrived camels at sunset shot:
Rubbish Rubbish Rubbish!
It's disgusting. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking through one big tip. It's everywhere, and the locals seem to be completely oblivious to it.
Take Jaisalmer Fort for instance. This thousand-year-old fort is the biggest tourist attraction in town and also home to about 4 thousand Rajasthanis. It's an amazing place, but there are parts that are totally inaccessible due to the rubbish build up. You'd think such an important site - one essential to their very livelihoods - would be due a little more care.
On the train, the kids laugh at me because I collect my little chai cups instead of just throwing them out the window.
But it's not easy being clean. Sometimes I carry my rubbish around for hours before I find a bin. And as I drop it in, I always wonder if it's just going to end dumped on the street later anyway.
Take Jaisalmer Fort for instance. This thousand-year-old fort is the biggest tourist attraction in town and also home to about 4 thousand Rajasthanis. It's an amazing place, but there are parts that are totally inaccessible due to the rubbish build up. You'd think such an important site - one essential to their very livelihoods - would be due a little more care.
On the train, the kids laugh at me because I collect my little chai cups instead of just throwing them out the window.
But it's not easy being clean. Sometimes I carry my rubbish around for hours before I find a bin. And as I drop it in, I always wonder if it's just going to end dumped on the street later anyway.
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