Jaisalmer : “सोने दी धरती, चांदी नू आसमान”
Jaisalmer was on my bucket list since 2014, more for the want to see the desert than to visit the city itself. I had always thought my visit to the city will be planned well in advance; given the long 1135 km distance from lucknow. But as fate had it, we embarked on this journey in the most unplanned manner, agreeing on the destination at the 11th hour then finalizing itinerary and making bookings on the way . Well it was our 3 rd anniversary after all, it had to be adventurous. We reached Jaisalmer in the wee hours of 19 th Feb 2020, in jodhpur-jaisalmer express. Since everything was so last minute on this trip, we forgot packing woolens and ended up literally freezing in the train. (Fact check: It gets really cold in the desert at night.) Baring a few civilians like us the whole coach was filled with BSF jawans. Till then we had no clue we were going so close to India-Pakistan border – “The blissfully ignorant grahasti-mein-busy-married-couple”. It was still dark whe