Navin, Harsha and Jaisalmer fort |
Our agenda next day was to go to the Jaisalmer fort, the only living fort. I mean, it is the only fort that still has people living in it. The town is entirely supported by tourism with little or no other industry. It was beautiful. We could exhaust our entire memory card taking pictures of the workmanship on some of the buildings. I have been to Belur and Halebid in Karnataka and I thought I had seen some exquisitely carved structures. This place seemed to built with similar detailed work but on a far grander scale. We walked along the narrow pathways and went in and out of many buildings and stores inside the fort.
The guide we had with us talked about the strong association of Jainism to this town and took us to the most exquisite Jain temple.From there he took us to one of the vantage points atop the fort. We left the fort to walk over to some of the famous havelis or private mansions of the former rich folks of Jaisalmer. Near the Patwa Haveli, we had the opportunity to meet a person who allegedly is in the Guinness Book of record for the longest mustache.
Kids were tired of walking and so were we. As usual Navin knew of the perfect restaurant here as well. We were taken to the top of 1st Gate. The food was delicious and we were hungry and full justice was done to the fare set in front of us. Navin then directed the driver to Gadisagar. We spent over an hour on the boat with the boatman telling us the history of the place as the sun set slowly. As darkness fell over the lake, we drifted back towards our vehicle to take us back to the hotel. That was the day of the 10th anniversary of Raji and Navin. Inchara and I had secretly ordered a small cake for the occasion. Cake was delicious and it was a fitting end to a beautiful day.
Many Happy Returns |
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