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Day 3- Sunrise at Sam, Ride to Jaisalmeer, exploring the fort and the beautiful Haveli's and Gadisagar lake. Ride to Jodhopur Via Pokhran.




I should thank Gopinath, one of the guys whom we met after dinner for waking me up at right time to see the Sunrise at Sam Sand dunes. Just as we were about to move, we saw another group , 2 guys and girls walking to the sand dunes. As we reached the end of road, we were convinced by the camel ride guy's offer, so got on top of the camel and slowly reached the main sand dunes, some where in the middle to see the sunrise.


we were quiet early , so had the opportunity to choose the best vantage point to shoot the Sun down with powerful camera's.


I was experimenting with my Gopro, trying for a good time-lapse shot, then shooting the silhouette of camel and few riders.


The sun finally came above the horizon, and it was allow yellow orange every where. At this time it was a simple idea that got into my mind, to ask the guys with us to Jump, so that I can get their silhouette pictures in background with sand also rising. Tried different shots, and I'm so thankful for the five guys, Azeera, Anindita, Rahul, Ashok & Gopinath for really giving me the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful sunrise.




trio jump



sun rise




camel riders



Children knows where to find the best resting place.



Bike Near the dunes with Ashok



After clicking many pics, we headed back to the road side to have a hot cup of tea. Refreshed with tea we discussed our further plans, profession and how lucky we were.


Then we slowly headed back to the tents. I headed straight to my tent to see both Pos and Shardul still sleeping, some how managed to wake POS up to get ready and hav breakfast as we dint have enough time. According to our plan, we would go around and see Jaisalmeer city as much as possible and head to Jodhpur after lunch.


the carvings near Gadisagar Lake.



the colorful umbrella



the colorful sandals



largest living fort of the world.



The same was getting tough, after the breakfast session and feeding Shardul from our own plates, we finally got ready by around 10. Almost every other gang had left the place by then, so we headed straight to the Gadisagar lake. Lake is always a good place to start and to see many foreign beauties. Shardul had an urge to click pics with one such and I had to humbly ask the maiden. Pleased with the colored Topi worn by shardul, I mentioned he is the Surpunch of Limbi, a remote village on Gujarat, and i guess that pleased the damsel and she instantly agreed for a picture. ( forgot to post that- wud be uploaded soon)




Traditional dressed- women

Traditional dress of the Man


Clicked a bunch of pics here and there, with the art forms, the different types of Turbans, colored umbrella's, Necklace's etc... I used to collect postcards from different places I visit, so here also didn’t forget to buy a few.
We headed straight to the great city fort to explore Largest living fort in the world.




City from the fort

smoker



Sun rise @ dunes.



one of the fine art work



shardul shardul







Jr vs Sr.



POS n Shardul





myself



Elephant stautue



child at Jaisalmeer fort area

ornaments

other attractive decorative items for sale.


Now here we faced a problem of luggage, so I volunteered to wait out at the city centre parking facility in front of the museum, so that other two guys can explore and reach back soon. I wanted to shoot the market place taking my own time. I had this wonderful opportunity to shoot the live market place, vivid with colors, beautiful people, foregin and India. Here also we bumped in to the guys i mentioned before, also the Cop we met first.
So I was not left alone and the earlier bunch gave me good company to tour the palace and Museum. It was a nice experience and a jovial crowd with me made me click more pics, and having toured the place, we headed straight to the market place to get the postcards here also.

After this we loaded the bike , mounted the cam and bid Adieu to the warm company we had and headed straight to Jodhpur. It was another 250 kms and it was almost 4pm when we reached outside the town.






the guy who plays sithat fr you..



the Havelis are so beautifuly carved.



Her eys caught mine in a split second



a lion


First, we confirmed the direction, headed to the nearest bunk to top up the fuel tank, then checked the air pressure in tires at the nearest place. Then it was time to rip and Ripper- Prashant was unanimously voted to lead. After an hour long ripping, we almost reached Pokhran. The roads till Pokhran was super good and there was a diversion to the Ranuja mata ka mandir, near rampur.


After that we crossed pokhran.


Roads after Pokhran was literally nonexistent, I would call it Pot hole way 1 aka PH 1. We were skillfully dropping our bikes from one pot hole to another with minimal vibrations reaching our asses. And doing the same after sunset became insanely tough and rigorous task. Prashant having the tinted visor took the Sweeping position making me the obvious choice to lead as shardul was not ready.


Again I some how maintained a good pace to cover the next 100 odd kms to reach Jodhpur and Roads started to improve once we almost reached Jodhpur. There I got the message from our friend Lionel, that he is already there.
With he help, we got a very good hotel to stay and thus the end of a superb day with a back breaking ride, and a spicy dinner.


signing out for a good weekend

Khan Saab any plans of finishing any of your Triplogs

Awesome writeup, couldn't stop laughing imaging hakuna matata dance

eye catching picks wonderful trip log waiting for more.