We left Tanzania after the last couple of days staying with Anoek. The Emriates hot towels were well worth the two month wait and on Monday afternoon we arrived jet-lagged in Delhi. On Tuesday (Helens Birthday) we took a city tour to visit some of the sights of Dehli, including Jama Masjid, Lal Quila (the Red Fort), Humayun Tomb, Ghandi memorial and India Gate (were we asked to have our pictures taken with some Indian tourists - bizarre). In the evening we had dinner at a 26th floor revolving restaurant - taking in the views of Dehli by night. We really enjoyed Dehli, which was not as frantic as we both expected and much cleaner too. We also met some very friendly locals which made our introduction to Indian culture all the more effortless, the amazing food also helped! Our overnight train left Delhi around 6 on Wednesday evening - which we almost missed by going to new Dehli train station instead of old - then having to take a frantic rush-hour tuk-tuk across the city just in time to catch our train.
The overnight train (18 hours) was comfortable with excellent chai along the way and on Thursday lunch time we arrived in Jaisalmer, which looked like a giant sand castle popping out of the desert. We explored the fort and the winding streets and shops and arranged a camel sarafi. The 3 day safari was amazing, trotting off into the desert and spending two nights sleeping in the sand dunes under the stars. On the negative side, Helen almost got left behind in the dessert and I got head butted by a camel and we both returned very saddle sore, but like they say if it doesn’t kill you………
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