We're not in Delhi anymore

I'm now in Jaisalmer, a mere 180 km from Pakistan. It took two days of driving through the desert to get here. But boy am I happy to be out of the craziness that is Delhi. Last night I stayed in Bitamer. Nice little town. Basically the traffic is like this: a car or two, a truck or two, a tractor, a camel-drawn trailer, a tourist bus, a jeep, a public bus so overcrowded that people sit on top. I love the camels!

This morning we went to a temple called Karni Mata. It's my driver's temple. It's Hindu but a very strange branch of it. They worship holy rats. The rats are all over the temple. They believe that human souls have been reincarnated as these rats - and also that a part of one of their gods is in each of the little guys. Most are black rats, but if you see a white one, it's supposed to be very lucky. We didn't see a white one ...
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