This beautiful lake city was the perfect spot to lay low and fill our bellies for four days as we left the Old India desert beauty of Rajasthan for the New India bustle of Mumbai.

We arrange a camel safari with some local guides through Badal House and venture farther into the Thar desert a mere 40 miles from Pakistan.

Dreams of quiet evenings in a sleepy village in the desert with clean air and clear, starry nights commandeered our waking thoughts. We loved our time in Jaisalmer, but the desert beckoned.