From Jodhpur we hired a car and driver to take us to Jaisalmer, which is a lovely town with an amazing hil top fort, our in the desert. Driving on Indian roads is a true experience, you not only have to watch out for crazy drivers, but you also have to keep your eyes peeled for the numerous cows, goats and camels which just wonder out onto the road. Jodhpur is less than 3 hours from Jaisamer, but because of the mental conditions it took nearly 6 hours to get there!
Jaisalmer fort is great. It has narrow cobblestone labyrinth-like alley s which huge cows wander around aimlessly in, it has numerous finely detailed Jain temples and in some places it also offers some pretty great views of the surrounding desert.
One day our driver, Jessie (or was it J.C??) took us out to a nearby village called Khuri, where we hired a camel cart to take us out to the sand dunes. A little local boy asked if he could join us on our trip, and of course we agreed. Alain and the kids had a fab time running all of the dunes, we were the only ones out there and it was quite a surreal experience. We were also lucky enough to be invited into some of the locals homes, to see how they live and how they build their cow dung and thatch houses...
The local boy who joined us on our camel-cart 
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