The train ride from Ajmer to Jodhpur was about 6 hours, and we enjoyed hanging out of the train as the countryside zipped by.

We were only in town on a short stopover en route to Jaisalmer, but we had time to check out the Mehrwar fort, which offered some good views of the city.

From Jodhpur it was 6 hours by bus to Jaisalmer, on the edge of the Thar desert and not (that) far from the Pakistan border. We arrived in the evening and set off early the next morning for three day of camel safari.