Thu 3/5/12 After checking out of our hotel we had an hr to kill before the Jain Temples opened so we stopped at a traditional weaving place. We got to see how they made the rugs and even have a shot ourselves. Its amazing how they can make whole rugs from memory without making any mistakes! We visited two of the Jain temples, the main temple, Chaumukha Mandir being our favourite, it was huge with 1444 individually carved pillars throughout. On our way to Udaipur...

Wed 2/5/12 We opted to leave busy Jodhpur for the quieter mountain village of Ranakpur. It was a completely different landscape than we were used to in India, mountains, trees and lakes. In the late afternoon when it was a bit (and just a bit) cooler we walked from our hotel, through the forest and hills to the Jain Temple Complex which is one of the biggest and most important in India. It was too late to go inside the temples but it was a lovely walk. We spent ...

Tue 1/5/12 Left Jaisalmer for Jodhpur today, the Blue City. Stopped at the Jaswant Thada on the way to our hotel. It was a beautiful marble memorial building, we got some great views of the fort and over the city. Cam wasn't feeling 100% today so we relaxed all afternoon before going to a funky restaurant, Rocktails, for dinner.

Mon 30/4/12 After waking up in the desert we went back to the resort for breakfast before heading to Jaisalmer, the Golden City. We had a guided tour of the Jaisalmer Fort and the Haveli's in the afternoon. We met a man with a 1.5 meter moustache (his dad is in the Guinness Book of Records for his 4.5 meter moustache) After lunch we went to a silver factory to see how the jewellery is made then when we got back we planned to go for a swim but ended up sleeping, ...

Sun 29/4/12 Today we drove to Mangalam Resort in Khuri, (not far from Jaisalmer) for our camel safari. Once we arrived we packed a bag and headed straight out on the camels. To begin with it felt like we would easily fall off as didn't have much to hold on to (especially when the camels stood up) but soon got used to them. We were guided through the desert for the first half where we got some great views. Our guides then got on the camels with us for a faster ri...