Vishal's Blog

                                                            The beautiful city of Jodhpur We reached Jodhpur on our 4 th marriage anniversary. It was the Christmas eve as well. It was beautiful staying at Mandore Guest house, about 7 kilometers from Jodhpur and right across the supposedly beautiful Mandore gardens (which we never visited). We wanted to have a good time on this special day and were off towards the city. The things on agenda were of course the delicious Marvadi cuisine, The Mehrangarh fort, Jaswant Thada and the Umaid Bhavan palace.  Most structures in Jodhpur (just like in Jaisalmer) were Blue. This is to avoid insects, we were told. I k...

We were anticipating Jaisalmer to be the highlight during our voyage to Rajasthan and it indeed lived up to our expectations. We spent two nights at Chokhi Dhani located in the Sam village, at the outskirts of Jaisalmer city.                                                   At Chokhi Dhani By the time we reached Sam, it was well past noon. Since we were camping out in the open, it was really cold and it appeared there was no stopping the wind which was blowing at great speed. The flags on the top of the tent (which I guess were put up for identification) flapped frantically. After lunch and a sweet nap later, it was time to go to the Thar Desert situated about a kilometer away and we had the ship of the desert for company. The...