Day 18- David

Before I start my post we (the Laxons) would like to thank the people who have been commenting on our blog. We also know that some people are not able to comment due to strange technological reasons.

 Woke up this morning (in a proper bed in an actual room) to the sound of the Muslim payer call. The prayer call sounds five times a day and if you are strictly Muslim you are supposed to face Mecca and pray. There are quite a lot of Muslims here as we are only 100ks from the Pakistan border. You can even see a few Pakistan flags flying from the roofs of the neighbouring buildings when you're up on the rooftop restaurant. Anyway, we had breakfast looking out at the Jaisalmer Fort. I now know why mum loves Jaisalmer. The golden stone that makes up most of the buildings makes the whole place look wonderful, and I started to wonder if I was in India or somewhere in the Middle East. We basically blobbed all morning, using the hotel's free wifi to catch up with the outside world via social media. I found out about the missing AirAsia flight and wondered about the wisdom of mum choosing to fly Malaysian Airlines. I would say that it's probably nothing, but that just seems to jinx it sooo... We had a late lunch waited till around 3 until we went into the fort because that was when the masses of Indian tourists went on their camel safaris. Unfortunately Megan had an "upset stomach" and may be sick (I'm not allowed to say any more) so she couldn't come. As we entered the fort, we discovered that all the Indian tourists had been replaced by a huge group of Jain men gathered in prayer. We had to walk straight through their group to get to the city palace (now a museum). We got a few looks but otherwise passed through. One advantage of them being here was that the normally busy roads were at a standstill because they were occupying the main square. We went into the city palace and discovered more about Jaisalmer's rich history. We wanted to go to the Jain temple but it was closed from three onwards today (maybe due to the huge group of Jain men?) so we headed back. We ate out at Killa Corner (Hindi for Fort Corner) and returned to have an early night so we could be energised for the Camel Safari tomorrow.