Rajasthan

Our travel to Rajasthan began in Jaipur were we had an excellent host with a bunch of AIESEC trainees from Brazil who gave us a very warm welcome with a Brazilian BBQ Party. Even though I was a bit hangover that day I enjoyed the party at their rooftops house. The following day we saw whole Jaipur with the extreme friendly and kind AIESECer who showed us the city and it sights. The Royal City Palace (Hawa Mahal), the amazing Jantar Mantar which is a observatory built by the astronom and city founder Jai Singh II. And finally the Amber Fort and Amber Palace. Check the Jaipur gallery for pictures

After 14hours Train in sleeper class (for those of you who never been to India: Indian trains have mostly 3 classes: second, third and sleeper class, whereas sleeper is the cheapest an 8 people (and sometimes some animals) share one compartment) So while experiencing the real India we got to Jaiselmer, which is a small city in the west of Rajasthan, close to Pakistan. The guys in Jaiour recommended us Baboo the camel man and his resort in the desert. After some Chai, we were heading some 30km out of town in mostly the middle of nowhere. After again some Chai we took our camels and rode through the dunes into the sunset. Sitting with Baboo at a small campfire and having some Kingfishers we decided to sleep in the desert. I had the chance to drive his jeep, even by night with some beers.

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After Jaiselmer we went to Jodhpur the blue city