Bikaner Fort

Today I woke up at dawn, got my stuff together and left in a few minutes. Don't get me wrong, it was a good time in Jaipur but I really needed some relax and Bikaner was promising some great things.


Of course the way to relax couldn't have started worse since the only way to get there was by bus (I hate the train reservation system …

... wake Sarah or I up for very long after we got our room. Waking up later that morning was much more pleasant. Bikaner was defitely the less touristed desert counterpart to Jaisalmer. Like almost every city in Rajasthan it had a palace and fort, ...

... 05. I had obviously slept soundly on the overnight bus from the steaming plains of the Punjab to the (hopefully!) drier heat of Bikaner in Rajasthan... I knew that I was heading for a desert region but I still did a double-take as I looked through the ...

... everything you read, but they are guidebooks. I thought it might be different, perhaps even quiet. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Yeah, sure, Bikaner wasn't touristy at all really, but what it was, was filthy dirty and very, very busy. I suppose it was a ...

... . The most amazing part was that the bathroom had running water and even a flush toilet! Our last stop in Rajasthan was Bikaner, a place we had been excited about going to long before we arrived in India. The reason was the Karni Mata Temple, ...

... , in my opinion, is wildly, but impressively, optimistic. Maybe if they train the rats to poo in little rat-sized toilets... DETAILS Bikaner -Shri Ram Hotel: 200-900 Rs/double; run by a really nice family, but the food is kind of pricey -Cool ...

... by an ornate pearl and jewel encrusted chain, brightly coloured saris with gold thread and other jewellery - simply stunning... Back in Bikaner there were more temples to be seen,but they were a disappointment, what was much more interesting was the ...

... perfect host and his staff, especially Bilal, were very friendly and helpfull. The rooftop has amazing views over the fort, palace and town of bikaner...and excellent local food. We met up with our travelling buddy, Rickard, once more and had another ...

... . It was once an important staging post on the ancient caravan trade routes. The main reason we want to visit Bikaner is for the Junagarh fort which reputedly has some of the finest interiors in the whole of India. The remainder of the journey is ...

... good nature, though we made a quick exit as soon as I'd my boots back on. Desnok was only a stop on the way to Bikaner, where we'd stay for the night. Bikaner was lovely, and our hotel had a fantastic rooftop view over the whole town, including the ...

BIKANER After a good night's sleep in one of Mandawa's haveli-hotels, we headed to Bikaner. We arrived around noon, saw Junagarh Fort and a Hindu temple, had lunch, and then did what we came to Bikaner to do: a camel trek. After being driven a ...