6 days later..

Camel Safari

Sunset in the desert

Drama in the desert!

Waking up in the desert to the sunrise was a cold experience..

Right now I'm sitting in a small internett shop that belongs to our hotel. "The Royale Jaisalmer" (http://www.royalejaisalmer.com/Default.aspx", you should check it out. Its wonderful, just as our last week has been. We were very excited to see what we had signed up for and to meet the driver we were spending 2 weeks in India with. Looking

back at the last 5 days there is no doubt in my mind that we made the right choice. Our driver, DP, is a great guy. He had been doing tours in Rajasthan for the last 10 years and double

s as a guide and answers all our (many) questions about what we see and India in general. He makes us feel safe on the road even though the traffic is crazy, and I think we have the only car in the whole of India with seatbelts in the back.. He

has introduced us to so many great people, family and friends. We've been to his uncles house in a small village and had chai (and been taken out for a ride on a camel with their neighbours!!), been dresses up in amazing traditional indian dresses by his "sister" and gone to a big babyshow

er indian style feeling like princesses. We'll post the photos later, it was quite something. We've also been to the sister's family who lives inside the for

t here in Jaisalmer and we almost feel like we are part of their family now. We like it so muc

h here we extended our stay here in Jaisalmer for 2 more nights.
There is so so much to tell, we'll get the photos out and write more later. Yesterday we actually spent the night under the stars in the dessert, with what felt like an unthinkable amount of stars above us. A little cold and very sandy, but so worth

it when the night sky and stars dissapear in a red, glowi

ng sunrise..

I could have gone on forever, but the main thing is that we are safe and LOVING India.We feel so lucky and my cheeks are actually hurting from smiling so much (and a little too much India sun ;) ).
Tomorrow we are off to Jodphur and new adventures. Hopefully more soon!

All the boys wanted to pose with us one and one taking pictures.

Our driver DP is on the far left.

Arti owns these beautiful dresses and showed everything! She is our source of information from a female point in an Indian world. Here with her 2nd daugther, Jiya!