Ill

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer is the city in the sand masked by the towering sand-castle fortress. So far the past few days have been pretty low-key and relaxing, ive decided to take it easy here as i am still having stomach issues, which basically consists of me sitting on my balcony reading my book in the sun during the hot part of the day and then in the afternoon wondering around the town, its a pretty small town so ive walked around it many times. I am currently in Pushkar and i havnt slept in the last 24 hours, i must have eaten something that did not sit well with me and i spent all of last night and this morning throwing up again and again. oh and diarrhea as well. so basically its me sitting on the toilet with a bucket in my hands all night long, yes i love india. Anyways back to Jaisalmer, most of the time i just spent wondering around the streets, doing a little bit of shopping and taking it pretty easy. i sadly did not take to many photos from jaisalmer but i am fine with that, i had a great time there. we arrived in jaisalmer at 4am in the morning and were taken to this really horrible run-down shitty little hotel in the middle of no where. so of course that morning after a few hours sleep we packed up our things and found a cute little hotel just outside the fort with a balcony. Jaisalmer feels like you are in the middle east in the middle of the desert, and you pretty much are, the city is only 150km away from the pakistani border in the middle of the great thar desert, all the buildings are made out of yellow sandstone and there is sand absolutely everywhere i really enjoyed it there and i enjoyed the whole feel of the place. we only stayed about 4 days and then took a twelve hour bus ride to pushkar. on the first day in pushkar i just spent walking around shooting feeling great, pushkar is a photographers paradise there are so many wonderful characters here and things to take images of. and that night i spend on the toilet throwing up into a bucket and not being able to to sleep because of that. so far today i have spent the entire day in bed hardly being able to move exempt to sprint to the bathroom. thankfully how ever we met two belgian girls in jaisalmer who recommended the hotel we are staying in. it is absolute luxury compared to any where else we have stayed, we have a massive room with two tables and chairs, tv, wardrobe huge bathroom. the works. all for about £2 a night. wonderful, so at least i get to be ill in style. i just wish that i could be out shooting! hopefully i feel better tomorrow. ill try and upload photos onto facebook asap

quinn


still sick and still in pushkar. so my sickness hasnt gotten any better, i spent most of last night and this morning with diarrhea and vomiting about every 5 minutes - 45 minutes on top of that all my muscles are aching and it hurts to move even the slightest bit. i keep getting really got and then really cold. i have just started a course of antibiotics so hopefully i will be better soon! i really want to get out there and start shooting! also jack has just rented an enfield bullet (1940s style big old british motorcycle) and he was supposed to give me lessons on it today and tomorrow so that on saturday we can drive a few house to bundi. who knows if that will happen now, i just hope i get better asap! alright now lets see if i can make it to the internet cafe without throwing up....