Jaisalmer

Left for our drive at about 9 this morning, again fairly smooth roads. Saw a lot of army trucks heading the other way and asked Sud if we were being invaded by Pakistan and the Indians were in full retreat but Sud didn’t think so! Got us onto the topic of why India and Pakistan dislike each other, turns out its mainly due to land disputes e.g. Kashmir, which both want and then on top of that Kashmir wants independence. Sud had been there a few times and had some run-ins with Kashmir freedom fighters AKA terrorists, nothing too serious just was told not to speak Hindi infront of them as it would get him in trouble! After a quick pit stop we saw the fort of Jaisalmer rise out of the sand and it really did look amazing. Quickly checked in at our hotel and dumped our luggage, headed up to the rooftop bar to check out the view which is stunning, had a quick lassi and then headed out for a walk. We ended up walking all the way around the fort about one and a half hour walk, met a lot of very friendly kids on the way, most of which wanted their photo taken! Passed the safest ATM in the world (man sitting out the front of it with a bolt action rifle) yet he was very eager to get his photo taken and take his eyes off the ATM! Headed back to our hotel to watch the sunset and have our 1 month late anniversary dinner! Off to bed as its very late for us!