From Udaipur we drove to Dhora Lodge stopping at a beautiful Jain temple along the way. The temple is entirely carved marble and the detail is amazing. Dora Lodge is a very nice tented camp in the desert. Many of the tented camps around Jaisalmer are crowded, loud with music and DJ's, and directly off a major highway. We prefer the desert to be quiet, clean, and peaceful. Dhora Lodge has all of that. Dhora Lodge is relatively new and owned by a nice young couple. The was the only part of our trip when we went on organized excursions. However, there were not many people at the camp so our "group" was just the two of us which was perfect. The highlight was a day trip during which we visited a school - they get a glass of milk for breakfast and for lunch a chapati and some lentils. Plus they walk for miles each way. Two women make 300 chapatis every day. We stopped to visit a local metalsmith. We had lunch with a farm family and participated in their opium ritual. At the end of the day we went to the nearby dunes for sunset. The lodge also has a nightly dance performance which was very good. Then we went to Jaisalmer, a pleasant desert town which was the last stop before heading home. We had a great time in India and would like to go back sometime, perhaps in the south to see a different part of the country. We have not yet been to a worse country for pollution  or a better country for food! The people were uniformly very nice to us and very receptive to photography.

This is a link to the photos from Dhora Lodge and Jaisalmer: 2019 Dhora Lodge and Jaisalmer