Nuances of a trip - III (Jaisalmer Continued)

Morning of Oct 3rd - Friday. Not much time lapsed between getting up and gearing up. The agenda was - Sight seeing and going to fort. But before that, there was another drama in the offing. As we had decided to go to jodhpur the next day, we had to ensure that our boarding station for the return journey gets changed to Jodhpur from Jaisalmer(this was a little unplanned as far as we were concerned, and the real prob was that Rishi and I were not having confirmed berths. It was RAC 6 and 7 which had very little chances of getting confirmed(and it remained as it is till the time of journey). And due to this, we were not given the boarding from Jodhpur at first. But the might of the Earthly God got over the RAC factor, and everything else became redundant. Our boarding got modified and we were part of the group again. Jai jai money..

On to the Gadisar lake. We had some good snaps there. Isha tried her hands on Basukhan, a Rajasthani traditional instrument(and that too after once being denied the permission of holding a similar instrument by another local performer). I clicked some serene snaps of my sis sitting, having the Lake as a beautiful background, which I really like a lot. And then it was time to move to fort, which was again a first of sorts for me. We reached the fort, and went to Jain temples(again). After visiting the temple, we suddenly realized that we were hungry. And next thing we desperately looked for was a place to fill our tummies. And it wasn't too far from us - The Roof Top Hotel. Though there was nothing great about that hotel. Fan was barely working, and hygiene was last thing which we could've asked for. But the good thing was - we were together and we were sitting - in shade. Then Ravesh tried his hands on desi Pizza(the taste of which only Ravesh can explain :) ), whereas Rishi ordered for some honey toast, which he seemed to enjoy(he asked for extra honey too). Then there were macaroni for Deeps and Di, whereas Isha and I were content to have some banana and apple due to our fast. And after the lunch, it was time to move back to hotel, as we had one more safari lined up in the evening.

We reached hotel, and had some T(after a long time) and then we were again charged up for the next adventure. This time desert was on a height. But before reaching the no vegetation land, there was an option of vegetation land - well saying almost vegetation land would be a better bet - The Fossil Park, which by the name appeared to be housing some of the greatest remains of now extinct species of flora and fauna. And that the fauna part was a myth we discovered on reaching there. On the way, Rishi had asked - what would be there in the fossil park apart from fossils, to which Deepali had innocently replied - Park, and we had a good laugh. But Deepali was so very wrong. Forget fossils, there was no park either. And what a pity that we had to pay 60 bucks for this non adventure :(. But then, hum log bhi Mogambo ke bhateeje Gogo the - aaye the, to kuchh to lekar jaana hi tha - so we got a chance to click some good pics in those demolished structures, with the Rock On!!! movie serving as an inspiration for the poses. It was not a total loss. And Ravesh was adamant to get his snap clicked by the bushes(we were suggesting him to sit in a particular manner behind the bushes, but he didn't do that :).. smart chap..) And again Rishi obliged and Ravesh was there in the cam, alongside his favorite Bush(Get over Bush Man - Obama or McCain is the future). That was the kodak moment of Day 3.

Then we again started our travel to the 2nd desert. After about an hour or more drive, we reached the second desert. Here, the camels were again waiting, but they were not anywhere near as adorned as their counterparts last day. And it was a feeling of deja-vu all over again. We did nothing new as far as sunset was concerned, and after spending sometime in the desert, we were looking to go back to hotel. Which was what we did, but not before Rishi had some altercation with the camel puller little boy(who considered himself as smart as Sherlock Holmes, and kept speaking and speaking, so much so that we got really irritated - and all this for 30 Rs, which Rishi had paid to another one of his colleagues since he didn't had the change..)

But all was well when the one who got paid the extra amount told the fussy boy that he would give his share. And after the dispute got settled, we headed back to our hotel immediately. We also had a family accompanying us in the cab, and there were 2 sweet li'l kids, who kept everyone engaged with their sweet acts. The cute poems by the cute, little girl were too good, and took us down the memory lane. And amidst all the songs/poems/jokes, we didn't realize when our cab stopped in front of our hotel. And the next moment, all of us were in our rooms, trying to pack everything, as we had our bus scheduled to depart at 10:30 pm. Then we had our dinner at Riddhi Siddhi, which was good as per others(banana, mango and some potato wafers for Isha and me). And after sometime, we were inside the bus, waiting for the ride to get over ASAP. Jodhpur here we come. End of Day 3.