Same routine in the morning, hitting the road after breakfast. It was a better night last night, Sally slept better therefore so did I !!
The drive here to Jaisalmer was uneventful but interesting. There roads are full of cattle who just kind of feel entitled to stand in the middle of the road or saunter across it at leisure, along with the sheeps or the goats who burst out in front of you at any given moment. There are small mud dwellings along the way with thatched roofs and trucks so laden with hay or cotton or steel or whatever, that you wonder how they stay upright. Anyway we got here and again the accommodation is a palace-looking place called the Desert Tulip. A vast and elegant building with pool etc.
Oooops….Since I wrote that, a lot has happened. We went to our room at the Desert Tulip and it was OK. But others went to their room and it was dusty, dirty, toilets didn’t work, towels were dirty etc. Another tour group was here and they all upped and left for another hotel. Some of our group was complaining, so Hassan, our guide, decided we were up and leaving too.
Before the movr, we went up to a point overlooking Jaisalmer Fort to watch the sunset which was beautiful, then we came back to pack up and move. The guide went on ahead to organise things and we piled in the bus. Our driver Mr Singh dropped us at a hotel where they greeted us, put a bindi thing on our forehead, we sat down to wait for Hassan and get our keys. Time went on and we started to wonder. Then yes, we were at the wrong hotel!! Back on the bus we got and off to another hotel…this time it was right and it is lovely, an even more elegant beautiful palace but we were tired at this point.
First things first, a PD drink with my NBFs which is an important ritual now. And then down to the dining room for a meal which was nice, but as I’ve said, very repetitive.
Big day tomorrow. It’s camel ride day and it remains to be seen whether I attempt to do this or not.
Goodnight xxxxxxxx