Desert Tales 3

Time Travel

History oozes from the walls of this amazing town of Jaisalmer. As I wander around I can’t help but constantly feel like I’m wandering the stone streets of another age. The ancient buildings, homes, walls, cobblestone paths, and even the drains, the traditional clothing that the women, and many men, wear, the old people preparing simple food on their front verandahs or feeding the cows and goats as they wander around, all of it just spirits me away to a completely different world, to a way more simple, slow and ageless era.

More incredible stonework

Shaping metal tools by hand, using a charcoal fire

Making jalebi, a delicious sweet

A great eating place I found, it was always packed with locals

My Rajasthani thali, absolutely top class food. I had a few of these while I was in town.

One of many traditional Rajasthani dress styles.

The market at the end of the day. Before the nightly cleanup.

Looks like a lot of the rubbish ends up here.

These little ones really have to watch themselves sometimes, this girl was close to some pretty dodgy motorbike and rickshaw traffic.

So elaborate

This cutie and her friends chatted with me for awhile. They were completely outgoing and super funny and playful. She eventually asked me to take her pic, and didn’t ask me for rupees, sweets or pens, which the kids normally do.