The train system in India actually makes sense.

Loads of other things don't but for some reason (I suspect the British influence), the trains are well organized and generally on time. However, booking a ticket can be wacky because each individual train has it's own number, instead of a regular route. For example, if you want to go from Varanasi to Calcutta (as I did) you have to pick from 4309, 1275, or a bunch of other ones that stop in different cities along the way. There aren't many everyday repeating services that have the same train number. After you figure out the train number, you fill in this highly coveted reservation form, and wait. Fortunately, I paid the 40 rupee fee to have someone else do this for me and didn't have to deal with it.

Then there are the different classes of ticket, reserved, unreserved, 2nd class sleeper, 3rd class AC 3 tier, etc. It's all so confusing at first. Then, I spent my most useful 40 rupees (about 90 cents) on a Trains At A Glance book that explains EVERYTHING. After getting all that organized, I was free to roam the city of Jaisalmer.

Jaisalmer is a city I thoroughly enjoyed. It's a relaxed city of about 45,000, a third of which live inside the huge fort. Our hotel had the most patient and helpful staff, and a kickass strictly veggie restaurant.
Also great were the merchants. They were very relaxed, as opposed to Bikaner
and definately more relaxed than in Delhi. They didn't get all mad and pushy when you just wanted to look, and had very good attitudes about the whole bargaining/bantering charade. I only bought one thing, and now I am going to go through the ordeal of shipping it home, along with a few things I made the mistake of packing. I hear shipping a parcel can be interesting as well... we shall see.... that will happen in our next city after this one, Udaipur.

Right now, I am just going to relax in Jodhpur, have a lassi, get a small henna tattoo, hit the fort, and just wander. Laters!