Have spent 3 nights in Jaisalmer, and time to move on tomorrow (23rd June) to Udaipur; will miss Pushkar as apparently their is little water in the city to view the ghats. So tomorrow will be 12 hours in a bus, and hopefully will arrive at 5a.m the 24th.
Spent today walking in the old town; cooler due to a sand storm; dust everywhere, and stinging eyes. The sandstone carved architecture is magnificent especially Paton ki Haveli (Haveli being the name given to a wealthy merchant/political leaders house.) Also interesting to see Salim Singh's Haveli down from the fort's entrance.
Two weeks ago here in Jaisalmer they had 5 inches of rain in a day (that's the normal yearly rainfall in 24 hours), and down from the fort the small desert lake is full, so early tomorrow morning I shall head down that way to try and capture the sunrise.
So Jaisalmer has been nice to see, hardly any tourists, but I can imagine in the coming weeks it will be 'hell', a good break before moving on, and a recommended place to visit.
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