Very suddenly the winter has arrived. Seemed like overnight we went from hot days and nights to heavy fog and cold. Whilst we are prepared, we are reluctant! As I sit here writing this at 2.00 in the afternoon, the fog is still around. Quite strange and it has been like this for the last three days. Yesterday on impulse we headed to the new Marriott Hotel for lunch. Oh bliss! Bacon! Our house is above our landlords home and he is Brahmin caste, vegetarian, so ...

Very suddenly the winter has arrived. Seemed like overnight we went from hot days and nights to heavy fog and cold. Whilst we are prepared, we are reluctant! As I sit here writing this at 2.00 in the afternoon, the fog is still around. Quite strange and it has been like this for the last three days. Yesterday on impulse we headed to the new Marriott Hotel for lunch. Oh bliss! Bacon! Our house is above our landlords home and he is Brahmin caste, vegetarian, so ...

You might be surprised to know that Melbourne Cup Day came and went without a ripple in the Golden city of Jaisalmer. I even got the time wrong and it was well over by the time I started looking for news of it. We don't have a TV set up at the moment but that might happen tomorrow. Indian time is a bit like NT time, you know not today, not tomorrow etc. We have been promised that the orange juice man near the square will come and set it up for us! Some real exc...