On the road

 I'll be honest with you guys-- the sole reason I agreed to the Rajasthan trip of November 2019 was to spend a night under the stars in the Thar Desert. It was extremely uncharacteristic of me not to be involved in the planning process of our trip. Normally, I would research the heck of it, but this time I simply had no inclination. As a result, the hubster was the one who did all the research, booked all the hotels, planned out our rough itinerary for our Rajasthan trip. The only bit I planned was a desert safari and one night under the stars. And since Jaisalmer had to be visited last, the best bit of the trip had to be put off till the very end. Our journey towards Jaisalmer started from Jodhpur and we were using our most preferred way of travelling- by road. Our cab driver picked us up from our hotel in Jodhpur at around 8 am. We had had breakfast and hoped to reach Jaisalmer around 3 pm. We stopped for lunch at Pokhran (yes, the same Pokhran where the nuclear tests were carrie