Jaisalmer Fort

Jaisalmer to me seemed like "The most Artistic city of Rajasthan" for almost every second house seemed a work of art.Bricks are hardly used for stones are easily available.And then in the middle of the city is Jaisalmer fort sitting on a low hill,you know like in Nainital we have a city around the Lake here we have a city around a fort.Plus we have this walled fort area above on the hill which is a small city in itself.It has narrow lanes dotted by many Jain Temples and ancient "Havelis".

I had visited Ambedkar Park in Gomti Nagar Lucknow few months back,seems like Ms Mayawati or the architects took inspiration from Jaisalmer.Those Palatial stone structures would certainly remind you of Jaisalmer,interestingly in Dilwara Temple Mt.Abu you see row of marble elephants just like in many memorials including Ambedkar Park build by Ms Mayawati our ex Chief Minster of Uttar Pradesh.

Beyond the fort are the lanes housing multitude of shops selling things for you to take home.This market is so much like Aminabad in Lucknow.Down the main street adjacent to the hill is a vegetable market too and there are some fruit vendors in front of it.For the first time I tasted raw dates.

There are several good Restaurants,Desert Safari Tourism,Camel Leather goods and metal and stone works.Behind Neeraj Hotel is the Bus stand and in front of it is a Temple.People are nice and friendly and you see a lot of Europeans wandering the labyrinthine streets care-freely even in July when sometimes its hot and humid while other-times it may get cloudy cool and breezy.

My guide,my Auto driver Prakash was really nice and informative allowed me to take as much time I wanted to wander around and take snaps and videos.When inside fort we kept in contact by mobile phone.He may be around 20,really smart with nice colorful ear-rings like flower petals.In Rajasthan its very common for men to wear some sort of ear ornament.He told me they had scanty rainfall this Monsoon,dark black clouds hover over the city and just go away with out raining.In Truecaller app his name came as "Auto Parkash Jaisalmer" Mobile No. 09001597644.Call him if you ever visit Jaisalmer,it was nice to be shown around the city by a guy who was born here and love his city so much.