Yesterday we had an interesting local bus journey to Jaisalmer. We had to get up for a 5.30 am start which nearly killed me and was very very cold! Once we arrived we packed an overnight bag, popped out to some of the 10,000 shops here, and then headed off in jeeps to the desert. On arrival we were each given a camel and camel boy and headed off into the sunset :)

Two and a half hours of camel trekking later and we arrived at a very pretty sand dune in the middle of nowhere!! We were provided with food and dancing from the local gypsies before dinner (one of them made a strange bird call noise while she danced and dry humped our legs, but it was all good fun...) After eating dinner around a campfire we were each provided with a camp bed under the starts and although Sarah did not sleep at all I had the best sleep so far on this trip! (Gayle did point out that i didn't actually move once in 8 hours...)

After a not too early start and some lovely porridge and chai we set off on the camels again (i have a severely bruised bum!) We returned to our beautiful Haveli, and since then have wandered to to the beautiful fort (which looks like a massive sandcastle) and been asked to buy something from every single shop!

Now it is time to get ready and go out to the desert festival :)

Hope you are all well.

Jess xxxx