Ahmedabad-jaisalmer-ahmedabad- Trip Logs

[ramkya1]

Hai Friends,

Just got back after a trip to Jaisalmer on Ford Fusion. The link to
the trip logs to those who are interested:

[COLOR=#800080]http://www.geocities.com/ramkya1/TRIPLOGJAISALMER.htm[/COLOR]

The Roads: Ahmedabad to Palanpur Excellent, SH -14, Palanpur to
Deesa - again very good, some road widening work going on in Deesa
town for about 3/4 kms, Deesa thro Dhanera - Sanchor - bad country
roads, better to avoid and take the road to Tharad and turn right to
Sanchor on NH 15, this is longer by about 30 kms but much better
than Dhanera and saves time too.

Sanchor to Barner : NH-15 is a dream run, no traffic and good roads,
watch out for lots of animals and use horn liberally, Barmer to
Jaisalmer : Excellent roads but deserted.

Lots of strong side/head wind, pack up food if possible, no good
hotels after Sanchor till Barmer / Jaisalmer. Petrol Stations
options at Deesa, Tharad, Sanchor, Barmer and Jaisalmer. Its raining
in spell in many places, no water logging, no rut holes on NH 14 and
15.

Jaisalmer to Sam Dunes and other roads towards all dunes are in bad
condition, many of the dips are flooded, they had rains after 4
years, only jeeps can go thro or SUV's. We had a lightning storm,
also a rare thing there and I could catch some shots of the fort
under lightning after lots of effort.

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Hope you like what you see and this is useful to someone travelling in this direction.

--Ramky.