There weren't many things I definitely wanted to do before I came to India, as everywhere I read about sounded great. One thing I did have in mind before the off though was camel trekking in Jaisalmer. So even though I was sad to say goodbye to Udiapur, I was really looking forward to being somewhere totally different and having a crazy desert experience.
We left Udaipur at 9pm on the 31st, and had a gruelling and torturous 13 hour bus journey to Jaisalmer. Our first bus was ok, and I managed to get to sleep in our coffin-like sleeping area after an hour or so. However, we were woken up at about 4am by the driver shouting Jaisalmer change, get off, mistake on bus, off to Jaisalmer.... So we begrudingly found our belongings in the dark and changed buses. The next bus was the same layout, but was so rattly that the windows kept sliding open to let in freezing cold air. There was no way to keep them shut so we just lay there painfully cold for 6 hours! When we finally reached Jaisalmer I had a back ache, but still managed to have a normal day. We had lunch at one of the many beautiful havelis, and then walked to the fort, and had a look around the palace museum inside. It had some interesting artifacts and pictures in, as well as offering a spectacular 360 degree view from the rooftop, where it was possible to see all the way to Pakistan (about 100kms from here, which means there are a lot of planes constantly flying overhead, and many military personnel scattered around the city, heavily armed).
We had dinner on the hotel rooftop with two lovely English girls, Elle and Sam, who we bonded with on the bus from hell. We booked up the camel trek to do together, and then headed out after dinner to get the money for the trip. This is when my back went. I have honestly never experienced such pain my life, the whole of the right side of my torso, front and back, went into mad spasm and it was all I could do not to shout out in pain. Ibuprofen and paracetamol didn't touch the pain so I called out a doctor to get something stronger and to check that I didn't have anything majorly wrong with me.
Today, the pain has reduced quite significantly but I still can't really walk for more than a minute or two before being in a lot of pain. This trip has been less than 3 weeks in duration so far and yet it's already completely destroyed me! Bad things tend to happen in three's so I seriously dread to think about what's going to happen next!!!!!!
We left Udaipur at 9pm on the 31st, and had a gruelling and torturous 13 hour bus journey to Jaisalmer. Our first bus was ok, and I managed to get to sleep in our coffin-like sleeping area after an hour or so. However, we were woken up at about 4am by the driver shouting Jaisalmer change, get off, mistake on bus, off to Jaisalmer.... So we begrudingly found our belongings in the dark and changed buses. The next bus was the same layout, but was so rattly that the windows kept sliding open to let in freezing cold air. There was no way to keep them shut so we just lay there painfully cold for 6 hours! When we finally reached Jaisalmer I had a back ache, but still managed to have a normal day. We had lunch at one of the many beautiful havelis, and then walked to the fort, and had a look around the palace museum inside. It had some interesting artifacts and pictures in, as well as offering a spectacular 360 degree view from the rooftop, where it was possible to see all the way to Pakistan (about 100kms from here, which means there are a lot of planes constantly flying overhead, and many military personnel scattered around the city, heavily armed).
We had dinner on the hotel rooftop with two lovely English girls, Elle and Sam, who we bonded with on the bus from hell. We booked up the camel trek to do together, and then headed out after dinner to get the money for the trip. This is when my back went. I have honestly never experienced such pain my life, the whole of the right side of my torso, front and back, went into mad spasm and it was all I could do not to shout out in pain. Ibuprofen and paracetamol didn't touch the pain so I called out a doctor to get something stronger and to check that I didn't have anything majorly wrong with me.
Today, the pain has reduced quite significantly but I still can't really walk for more than a minute or two before being in a lot of pain. This trip has been less than 3 weeks in duration so far and yet it's already completely destroyed me! Bad things tend to happen in three's so I seriously dread to think about what's going to happen next!!!!!!
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