

Jaisalmer, India
We arrived here just as dawn was about to break. We'd taken a night bus for the seven hour journey, so had managed to get a little sleep. The upper berth which we'd been assigned had sliding glass windows on either side which were incredibly effective at reducing the noise, although it did feel a little bit like being in a glass coffin. John was just waiting for the music to kick in, and was on constant alert for any smell of burning. As we climbed down from the ...