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Had an incredible day yesterday. We met an old man on the train from Delh to Bikaner called MC Mohta, who is a retired doctor and was a lovely warm man. Invited us to his house, so we called him up and then went over. He has three houses in Bikaner - two very new ones and one built in the 70s. All very lovely and big and mod-cons etc. His whole family was there to meet us, and we were treated to a tour around bikaner, to his other two houses (very grand) and to his temple. They took us to their son's house (Also a doctor) and his lovely wife, a physician, gave me some hairclips and a sari!!! It's lovely and very colourful! We went with them into the temple and they blessed us and we tied some saffron and red string around a column to ensure our wishes come true. We then went back to MC's house and he fed us before asking his son, Anil, to take us to the train station. Such warm welcoming people. We've invited MC to our wedding and hope that he'll come. A truly incredible and inclusive experience - felt like royalty!

Speaking of which, we almost are.... when we got to the train station, a man with a small daughter came up to us and offered us a Namaste (peace be with you) and held his daughters hand out to us to shake! Perhaps she'd never seen white people before!

We are now in Jaisalmer - a beautiful sandstone city in the middle of the thar desert. We're staying in a lovely hotel with views over to the fort which was built in the 10th century. It's really an amazing place.

By the way, I noticed a typo in the former blog entry - 250 rs is less that $10 (NOT $100 - we can't afford those types of hotels!)

Sorry no phtoos again guys. Just can't get a fast enough computer. Soon soon....