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Room 11

Room 11

Room 11

It was my room in the Renuka Hotel in Jaisalmer. The room cost me about $4 a night. Not a lot of money, but not the kind of room you want to write home about. I would have opted for a much better room, but the place was full of Lonely Planet backpacker types, who were wonderful company, and had gotten the better rooms before I got there. I can’t really say that I like standing in line to use the squat toilet down the hall, but I can say that all the great people who stayed at the Renuka made it significantly more tolerable.

On The Train To Jaisalmer

On The Train To Jaisalmer

On The Train To Jaisalmer

I’m on the train to Jaisalmer. The compartment is a first class compartment. Second class compartments aren’t nearly as nice and aren’t really compartment at all. Does someone need a first class compartment? No. First class compartments are only for people who need privacy. I had this compartment to myself. The door actually locked. Only first class compartments have doors. They even have a button to call the porter. I know, I pushed it accidentally. First calls compartments are cleaner than second class compartments. They have more space, more lights, a closet, more electrical outlets, better seats, cleaner windows, etc. Second class is just fine, though. There’s no privacy, it’s cramped, lots of children, smelly, etc. I like second class. It’s sorta’ homey in a slightly degraded socio-economic sense.