Day || was more awesome, the city is not that clean but the carvings and work on the building sure does take your heart away ~
The day was all planned for sightseeing at the city. I am still trying to figure out why is it called golden. I guess the town stands on a yellowish sandstone on the fort and everywhere else too that is why it is called golden city ( Wikipedia check still to be done). Usually the best part is when you get to see the places which are not on top of the visitors list. That is how you get to see the real city and the smaller parts of the place. Started up with Jaisalmer fort (500 years old) which took us two and a half hours in total. It is the only residential fort, filled with houses of different communities and shops, it is one of the major attraction in Jaisalmer. There are points where you can see the view of the town clearly. Lots of shops with bargaining to the maximum. The shops that the guide takes you and the stuff that you buy, the shopkeeper has to pay about 40 % to the guide as commission. That’s the system there.
From the fort the next destination were couple of Haveli which were quite impressive and huge. We were all set for desert camping and safari which was 40 Kms from the city. We quickly went to an area to which would come in between Sam,where camel ride and camping was to be done named Kuldhara.
We reached Kuldhara, an abandoned village which was emptied in one night by the soldiers. The rooftops were all broken and the houses remained since years. We heard two versions of the story. One about the girl being forced into marriage and how the united village decided to vacate the entire village overnight. The other one was about the increasing tariffs that the villagers couldn’t give and decided to vacate.
We reached the barrier and finally got ourselves ready for camels ride. There were about 800 camels in total and they take a trip 
approximately 5 times. With 20 kgs of salt bushes, thorns, dry vegetation twice in a day, camels are sure an expensive animal to own. There is a camel race which happens mid February, an event which people from worldwide come for. We reached the sand dunes in an hour and made ourselves comfortable on the sand. We saw the sunset which was one of the prettiest I have seen till date. Detailed description coming in another write up .
It was time for some Rajasthani music and dances, where this lady was dancing on pieces of glass ,balancing and rotating the heap of coal in a scale. The typical Rajasthani food is not that bad if you like sweets. After a heavy dinner we were chilling at the camps and near the bonfire. We were all given our separate tents which was quite an experience. The trip ended perfectly with the best sunrise which could be seen from the tent and me being successful in driving the jeep.
