Traveling to the Great Indian Desert | Part 1 Arriving to Jaisalmer

Dear steemit friends,
If you have read my previous post on Jaipur, you know I was heading to the desert town called Jaisalmer. So, today I want to share my train journey arriving there.

Train delayed

My first experience on an overnight train was really not bad. My seat was in AC2 , a higher class compartment. But it was freezing so I couldn't sleep well. In the morning, more than half of the passengers on the cabin had left ..The views were getting really boring, I thought the view in the desert would be epic, and let me tell you it was not. It was plane and mostly nothing on the sight, but occasionally with small trees that grow in the desert.

Our train made at a halt a location where it seemed to be a military based, there were lots of soldiers. The only compartment mate left was a soldier, he seemed to be from quite a high ranking though..Before the train arrived to the station, he made a call and few soldiers came to pick him and his stuff. We said goodbye. I thought he was a gentleman as I didn't feel uncomfortable.. He asked me whether I could speak Hindi and he thought I came fom Manipur. Well , I google the place and yes they looked exactly like me.

The ladies of Manipur , India (Image from google)

This was not exactly where I slept, I was on top bunker the opposite side , mine has the full privacy.But Since there wasn't anybody , I decided to move to a more spacious area.

Finally after listening the playlists from my phones on repeat for what it seemed like a hundred times, we finally arrived to jaisalmer.

Jaisalmer

Jaislamer is a desert city located far from everything.My first impression was really something. It was sad and old.. There weren't many people.. It just feel like a place from a movie scene. I thought I was feeling dramatic.. haha

I walked out of the train station, I had an address and booking printed on the paper, so I tried looking for a tricycle. Once I came out of the station, there were people waiting for the travelers with the signs of the hotels or names. So I just thought , let's just look at those names although I knew nobody was waiting for me. And guess what happened? There was a hotel name that I was staying, the guy was trying to convince some japanese travellers that they had the swimming pool. I asked him I already made the booking and whether I could tag along with him. He said yes! I waited for him on the hot burning sun but it seemed it was a bad day and he couldn't get the guests to convince. So here we go to the hotel..

This was just in front of a random hotel.But the hotel that I stayed also have similar exteriors and design.

I couldn't remembered exactly how much I paid, I think it was around 25 or 30$ but they upgraded me to a much nicer room.. The room was glam although it was an old hotel.

Since I didn't really take a lot of photos that day.. photos are taken by phone on randomly ..Insert some of the photos that I took myself , felt super fancy though! :D

It was 1pm and I was starving so I went up to the rooftop where the restaurants was located.. oh well what a great view to start, it was the Jaislamer fort! But to tell you , I think you would get this view where ever part of the town you stayed. It was windy and chilly. The desert wind can be very cold. So I ordered some mutton barayani , it was so delicious , I thought the cooking style here was different from the one I had in Jaipur. The guy working there was a nepalese and super friendly ..

To continue to Part 2 ..
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