We arrived here in Jaisalmer, a desert fort town, 100km from the Pakistan border on 14th April after a seven hour coach ride from Jodhpur. The scenery along the way became more and more arid and you wonder how the remote villages and their inhabitants, farmers and indeed animals survive in such a harsh enviroment. The driver continually has to dodge cattle and goats that wander onto the highway and we see plenty of camels too. When we arrive in Jaisalmer, our hotel is just outside the city but our first priority is to check e-mails because of our travel plans to Nepal. Our visit there is rather uncertain because of the current political situation. Our tour company say they will take us to Kathmandu currently although that may change if Nepal erupts into civil war or something. We really have to get to Nepal as we have a tour leaving from there to Tibet on 4th May which as yet has not been cancelled although obviously that could change too. Additionally our Indian visas run out on the 26th so unless we get a flight out of Delhi by then we really need to get to Kathmandu. The next morning we take a city walking tour of Jaisalmer mostly within the small town within the fort walls which was entertaining and it's a quaint town with a fair few western tourists and you don't get hassled too much although that is relative for India!. In the late afternoon it was camel safari time and we were picked up by 4WD jeeps then driven for an hour to meet our four legged transport. We were put on a camel each and led for a short way by their riders before they too climbed aboad and sat behind us steering the camels. We rode for around 2 hours across barren desert in true Lawrence of Arabia style before reaching our camp site around 40km from the Pakistan border. The camels were docile and it was a really fun experience, particularly when they sat up or down with you on their back! The locals cooked us an excellent dinner and we enjoyed a beer or two under the night time desert sky with our tour group. We've really hit the jackpot with this bunch. Everyone gets on well (bar one oddball eccentric Aussie woman) and it's really making it an enjoyable tour through this region. We slept in very comfortable two men tents and returned to Jaisalmer the next morning via jeep where we had the rest of the day at leisure.