A word or two on Kasauli; the ride to Jaisalmer
Before one begins to write about the ride to Jaisalmer a word or two on Kasauli. There are no STD/ISD booths in and around the town. Perhaps one could find them in Dharampur or on the way to Kasauli. Second cyber cafes are hard to locate; sighting of a large number of eating joints and general stores is a regular feature. Jakimulls building has some general stores in its premises but none on phone booths and cyber cafes. A special note on central research institute and coming across some who have had the opportunity to work in the same. There is a STD counter near the Kasauli military station but it has remained defunct for some time.
As i made arrangements to leave Kasauli for Parwanoo and beyond, the repeated calls made from the bus stand for Sholan didn't entice me as already two nights had been spent in two different city bus terminals. Mind you the sleep i gathered in a lodge near post office was spectacularly wholesome; the room itself was neat and tidy except for the flush that needed to be overhauled. The road to the lodge is paved with stones neatly put and from here there are two ways to the bus stand. From main market to Sadar bazar road one can take a left turn towards heritage market and go further taking another left turn to reach the bus stand. Another path is from sadar bazar road you sight one road going down and up and then taking a left turn
finally merging at the point where the heritage market opens to those coming from bus stand. It looks majestic and has some portions done with cement slabs.
Ala Hazrat Express
As for Jaisalmer, the ticket to choose was taken from Delhi Cantt station, the man at the counter helpful to an extent. The ticket ride was meant for Jaipur to Jaisalmer journey. Ala Hazrat Express 14311 meant to leave Delhi Cantt at 12.15pm started well past 12.50pm. The coach i got in had a fair sprinkling of waitlisted passengers, one passenger kind enough to offer a side berth. Reaching Gurgaon at 1.20, Alwar perhaps came after 3.15, Bandikui after 4.10, Dausa some time later, Gandhinagar Jaipur after 5.45 and Jaipur finally at 6.20pm. It was the month of July and the coach was choc-a-bloc with passengers some among whom took vegetables at regular intervals that were not dry. Post meals and checking of mails they took to cards perhaps a reminder that playing cards is more important than taking a regular bath.
With Jaipur accessed, the next train to Jaisalmer was well after 11.15 pm and this time was spent in taking a roundabout of the city. Hotel Mewar in Sindhi Camp (Jaipur Bus Stand) was the place to work on a cyber cafe with the manager informing the keys to the room could not be secured as the man had not reported. It has another personnel hailing from Kerala perhaps a place near Ernakulam or Thrissur. Perhaps Restaurant with the name Kanji sweets has one of the best chach (butter milk) priced reasonably. The restaurant has sitting arrangement on first floor. There are share autos in and around the area, with attempt yet to be made to get a cyber cafe working for general public next to the station. With food taken from a IRCTC restaurant (more of a food plaza), the other eating point ,Jan Aahar, has to do a lot to get its service on track. Whoever approached them they asked them to wait.
Leaving for Jaisalmer
Next to Platform One near the exit point is a waiting hall for general public and here those who don't have the capacity to sleep elsewhere were ruthlessly told to vacate the same. May be five to seven in numbers but all were told to leave. The reservation centre near the gate has ac running to the maximum, a moderate touch would do. Delhi Jaisalmer Express starting from Delhi after five pm becomes Malani Express from Jaipur leaving at 11.45pm. The train left well after 12am reaching Jodhpur at five. It reached Pokhran around 10.15-10.30. The stoppage is for at least half an hour as the engine has to be put in the reverse direction. Time was utilised to get a paste from Prakash Giri who runs a general store outside the station. Giri had a query on whether i was an nri or one not willing to return to home. Because in the neighbourhood malpractices having been carried out in utter violation of law hurting the people and nation by and large. A structure whose very exercise of laying the foundation shook the faith of the people in institutions and people being subjected to merciless thrashing for over two years shows how laws are to be subverted and how those with fewer resources are to be treated in this country. Coming back to Pokhran, the railway canteen here has sumptuous Kachori with tea adroitly prepared. A small woman called Parvati looked resoundingly cheerful including others who were in attendance at the platform. These two facts for some time took away the worries and turbulence that accompany the act of living peacefully.
Reaching Jaisalmer
The train reached Jaisalmer well after 12.20pm. Sighting of Fort and its fortitude was simple indeed from the station as well. Exterior dripping in yellow sandstone, the story on its strength and reservoir of support was yet to filter in. Among those in the vicinity of the coach were a lad working in a spectacle lens concern having boarded the train from Jodhpur and another one going to appear for a test meant for a career in armed forces. The platform has a majestic look and as you exit there are hordes of jeeps waiting outside to take you to different lodges. I board one with a guy who hails from South Korea. In the Interregnum ride to the hotel we discuss about South China Sea and how Ukraine is being razed to the ground for its tilt towards Europe. Hotel Oasis Haveli is where i take a room. The stay is ok.
The place from where one of the brothers work on a laptop has a charm of its own . The stay in Jaisalmer is for four days, taking time out to visit the fort and the famous cannon points.
First Sightings in Jaisalmer
Near Hanuman Chowk
opposite maheshwari sewa sadan
vinayaka army store
airtel the smartphone network
Hotel Rajputana
Bawarchi Restaurant
Chandan shree restaurant
next to Maheshwari sewa sadan is modern optic
next to that is jagdish photostat
Maheshwari Sewa sadan Jaisalmer and nearby has
Sai baba juice centre
manoj juice centre
shree LMB sweets & namkeen
bikaner sweets
shree kheteshwar sweets corner
ganesh mobiles
Nearby a hoarding of Kalyan bhawan a budget hotel
After Amar Sagar Gate
Restaurant the trio
Shree Govindam
Shreeram sweet house
sumit cyber cafe book your railway ticket here
nokia priority dealer
Nachna Haveli
opposite is Tibetan Kitchen Restaurant
As you go past tunnel there is Hotel Jaisal Palace inked on a wall, the wall has been turned to a relieving point.
After tunnel
Hotel Shree Palace
Rajshree Carpet House
Hotel Jaisal Palace
Sahil Number Plates
The facilitation centre and Pan centre
Vinayaka Printing Plaza
Marudhara Gramin Bank
Krishna General Store and tea centre. After this it opens to fort road
On Shiv Road
after going past bus station (entrance to bus stand is written aapki yatra mangalmaye ho). As you cross the road there is state bank of bikaner and jaipur (SBBJ) on right side. A little further on the left side are a series of shops.
G G Traders and Engineers
Communication PCO Speak to World
Mahadev Credit Cooperative society
ICICI Bank
HDFC Bank
Hotel Sangam
Chaudhary Transport
Hotel Raj Palace
Govind Telecom
Anil Telecom
Azad tailor
After exiting shiv road there is talariyabada, inside there is jindani chowki
In Jindani Chowk
deepak bakery
kailash juice centre
vegetable market
inside lane has a cyber cafe.
Before one begins to write about the ride to Jaisalmer a word or two on Kasauli. There are no STD/ISD booths in and around the town. Perhaps one could find them in Dharampur or on the way to Kasauli. Second cyber cafes are hard to locate; sighting of a large number of eating joints and general stores is a regular feature. Jakimulls building has some general stores in its premises but none on phone booths and cyber cafes. A special note on central research institute and coming across some who have had the opportunity to work in the same. There is a STD counter near the Kasauli military station but it has remained defunct for some time.
As i made arrangements to leave Kasauli for Parwanoo and beyond, the repeated calls made from the bus stand for Sholan didn't entice me as already two nights had been spent in two different city bus terminals. Mind you the sleep i gathered in a lodge near post office was spectacularly wholesome; the room itself was neat and tidy except for the flush that needed to be overhauled. The road to the lodge is paved with stones neatly put and from here there are two ways to the bus stand. From main market to Sadar bazar road one can take a left turn towards heritage market and go further taking another left turn to reach the bus stand. Another path is from sadar bazar road you sight one road going down and up and then taking a left turn
finally merging at the point where the heritage market opens to those coming from bus stand. It looks majestic and has some portions done with cement slabs.
Ala Hazrat Express
As for Jaisalmer, the ticket to choose was taken from Delhi Cantt station, the man at the counter helpful to an extent. The ticket ride was meant for Jaipur to Jaisalmer journey. Ala Hazrat Express 14311 meant to leave Delhi Cantt at 12.15pm started well past 12.50pm. The coach i got in had a fair sprinkling of waitlisted passengers, one passenger kind enough to offer a side berth. Reaching Gurgaon at 1.20, Alwar perhaps came after 3.15, Bandikui after 4.10, Dausa some time later, Gandhinagar Jaipur after 5.45 and Jaipur finally at 6.20pm. It was the month of July and the coach was choc-a-bloc with passengers some among whom took vegetables at regular intervals that were not dry. Post meals and checking of mails they took to cards perhaps a reminder that playing cards is more important than taking a regular bath.
With Jaipur accessed, the next train to Jaisalmer was well after 11.15 pm and this time was spent in taking a roundabout of the city. Hotel Mewar in Sindhi Camp (Jaipur Bus Stand) was the place to work on a cyber cafe with the manager informing the keys to the room could not be secured as the man had not reported. It has another personnel hailing from Kerala perhaps a place near Ernakulam or Thrissur. Perhaps Restaurant with the name Kanji sweets has one of the best chach (butter milk) priced reasonably. The restaurant has sitting arrangement on first floor. There are share autos in and around the area, with attempt yet to be made to get a cyber cafe working for general public next to the station. With food taken from a IRCTC restaurant (more of a food plaza), the other eating point ,Jan Aahar, has to do a lot to get its service on track. Whoever approached them they asked them to wait.
Leaving for Jaisalmer
Next to Platform One near the exit point is a waiting hall for general public and here those who don't have the capacity to sleep elsewhere were ruthlessly told to vacate the same. May be five to seven in numbers but all were told to leave. The reservation centre near the gate has ac running to the maximum, a moderate touch would do. Delhi Jaisalmer Express starting from Delhi after five pm becomes Malani Express from Jaipur leaving at 11.45pm. The train left well after 12am reaching Jodhpur at five. It reached Pokhran around 10.15-10.30. The stoppage is for at least half an hour as the engine has to be put in the reverse direction. Time was utilised to get a paste from Prakash Giri who runs a general store outside the station. Giri had a query on whether i was an nri or one not willing to return to home. Because in the neighbourhood malpractices having been carried out in utter violation of law hurting the people and nation by and large. A structure whose very exercise of laying the foundation shook the faith of the people in institutions and people being subjected to merciless thrashing for over two years shows how laws are to be subverted and how those with fewer resources are to be treated in this country. Coming back to Pokhran, the railway canteen here has sumptuous Kachori with tea adroitly prepared. A small woman called Parvati looked resoundingly cheerful including others who were in attendance at the platform. These two facts for some time took away the worries and turbulence that accompany the act of living peacefully.
Reaching Jaisalmer
The train reached Jaisalmer well after 12.20pm. Sighting of Fort and its fortitude was simple indeed from the station as well. Exterior dripping in yellow sandstone, the story on its strength and reservoir of support was yet to filter in. Among those in the vicinity of the coach were a lad working in a spectacle lens concern having boarded the train from Jodhpur and another one going to appear for a test meant for a career in armed forces. The platform has a majestic look and as you exit there are hordes of jeeps waiting outside to take you to different lodges. I board one with a guy who hails from South Korea. In the Interregnum ride to the hotel we discuss about South China Sea and how Ukraine is being razed to the ground for its tilt towards Europe. Hotel Oasis Haveli is where i take a room. The stay is ok.
The place from where one of the brothers work on a laptop has a charm of its own . The stay in Jaisalmer is for four days, taking time out to visit the fort and the famous cannon points.
First Sightings in Jaisalmer
Near Hanuman Chowk
opposite maheshwari sewa sadan
vinayaka army store
airtel the smartphone network
Hotel Rajputana
Bawarchi Restaurant
Chandan shree restaurant
next to Maheshwari sewa sadan is modern optic
next to that is jagdish photostat
Maheshwari Sewa sadan Jaisalmer and nearby has
Sai baba juice centre
manoj juice centre
shree LMB sweets & namkeen
bikaner sweets
shree kheteshwar sweets corner
ganesh mobiles
Nearby a hoarding of Kalyan bhawan a budget hotel
After Amar Sagar Gate
Restaurant the trio
Shree Govindam
Shreeram sweet house
sumit cyber cafe book your railway ticket here
nokia priority dealer
Nachna Haveli
opposite is Tibetan Kitchen Restaurant
As you go past tunnel there is Hotel Jaisal Palace inked on a wall, the wall has been turned to a relieving point.
After tunnel
Hotel Shree Palace
Rajshree Carpet House
Hotel Jaisal Palace
Sahil Number Plates
The facilitation centre and Pan centre
Vinayaka Printing Plaza
Marudhara Gramin Bank
Krishna General Store and tea centre. After this it opens to fort road
On Shiv Road
after going past bus station (entrance to bus stand is written aapki yatra mangalmaye ho). As you cross the road there is state bank of bikaner and jaipur (SBBJ) on right side. A little further on the left side are a series of shops.
G G Traders and Engineers
Communication PCO Speak to World
Mahadev Credit Cooperative society
ICICI Bank
HDFC Bank
Hotel Sangam
Chaudhary Transport
Hotel Raj Palace
Govind Telecom
Anil Telecom
Azad tailor
After exiting shiv road there is talariyabada, inside there is jindani chowki
In Jindani Chowk
deepak bakery
kailash juice centre
vegetable market
inside lane has a cyber cafe.
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