Bundi, India Travel Blogs

Bundi (and the baby camel)
Feb 12, 2007 (24 photos)

... for the brain to take in it somehow seemed quite natural at the time - sureal but almost normal...ha ha. We arrived in Bundi which was a beautiful country town nestled in a valley and is known as the City of Wells and dominated by yes another Fort and ...

full of charm...not chockers with tourists
Dec 1, 2005 (15 photos)

3/12/05; leaving here tonight..... on to delhi Mark's parents visited Bundi on their first trip to india (many years ago).... doens't sound like too much ha changed since then. Not a major rajastani destination, although it does see a bit of tourist ...

Kooki and the gang
Apr 10, 2008 (29 photos)

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On the Verge of Corruption
Jan 26, 2009 (10 photos)

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Bicycle
Jan 27, 2009 (10 photos)

... for 50 rupees. Now, it was time to move to the rooftop of R.N. Haveli for my last sunset in Bundi.   It's unbelievable how you can't trust anybody in India. Mama had told me that there was a good rickshaw driver she knew. I had a hunch that such a ...

Slow Down
Nov 18, 2006 (4 photos)

Having spent the last few stop overs in some of India's tourist hotspots we headed a little more off the beaten track to Bundi. Another walled town, nestled next to a hill top fort and palace Bundi gave up the sights of Rajasthan with a more rough look ...

Rudyard Kipling Slept Here
Mar 25, 2006 (15 photos)

... laid-back vibe. The Garh Palace is awesome, filled with sour-yogurt-smelling bats and aggressive monkeys, yes, but also gorgeous "Bundi-style" murals in characteristic rich maroons, deep blues, and off-greens. Not many tourists, which is soooo nice is über ...

State of Rajasthan
Oct 6, 2006 (13 photos)

... with us) was beaming and extra thankful when he got his tip. People even greeted us on the street saying "welcome to Bundi" and "welcome to India" - then walked off - no hassling to go their shop or tour or anything! So, we left Bundi with a really nice ...

Entree au Rajasthan
Mar 10, 2006 (10 photos)

... a pu rentrer sains et saufs mais completement nazes et trempes. Le dernier jour, on a visite l'ancien palais des maharadjahs de Bundi (juste en dessous du fort)...toujours sous la pluie. Imaginez les rues indiennes apres la pluie... c'est epique. On se ...

Jojawar
Nov 23, 2005 (5 photos)

saa kommer fortsaettelsen... Vi skulle saa afsted med bus den folgende morgen (altsaa d. 23), og jeg havde det ikke bedre!!!! I starten gik det meget godt, og jeg menete selv at dette her skulle jeg da nok klare, men desvaerre nej, jeg maatte overgive ...

Bundi
Nov 4, 2007 (4 photos)

... We even managed to find a nearly empty train, the first time we've been on any sort of transport in India not packed to the rafters. Bundi is a smallish town which is a little off the normal tourist route and so is quieter and altogether more pleasant. We ...

Alot of miles, alot of rain..
Sep 28, 2009 (20 photos)

... we had to knock the door to get back into our hotel.. it was like coming home late and waking your parents up.. so strange.. Anyway Bundi was a great place to stop off, its not very big and there is not a lot to do there, there is no power between 12pm ...

Bundi
Jan 16, 2009 (5 photos)

... the style to suit a hotels needs. We go to check out the palace first and although I'm suffering palace/fort overload Bundi's still impresses. The fort containing the palace towers over Bundi but unlike the others we've seen, this one is really a ruin. ...

Old Haveli and more
Dec 5, 2008 (18 photos)

... a nice rooftop restaurant which had great city and sunset views.    The 14 century Taragarh Fort and the adjacent Bundi Palace dominates the city's hilltop.  Once a great fortress and palace, it now sits in various stages of decay but ...

Rajastan
Jul 23, 2006 (3 photos)

... on his head. Needless to say we ran as fast as possible from this guy, and spent the next couple of days dodging him! Bundi is an absolutely beautiful little town. Lots of small streets making up the maze of a town. All the buildings are rendered in ...

Power outrage!
Jun 16, 2007 (4 photos)

... sitting down in shops and stairways with local men. I met some extremely interesting characters others were shocking.. It is India contrasts are everywhere. The common sights of Rajasthan cities was part of our stop here, a big palace and a ...

The Last Day of My Life
May 11, 2006 (29 photos)

You know that feeling you get when you are reminded that you could die tomorrow? I'm talking about that wonderful feeling that says, "Close your book, get off the couch, and go paragliding, enjoy some ice cream, and tell those close to you that you love ...

Bundi Festival
Nov 14, 2008 (48 photos)

... Ground for some festival activities such as Horse racing, dancing and a 'Dear Devil' show (I love the misspelling in India!).   The procession was colourful and entertaining. It was lead by an elephant carrying someone of importance followed by ...

Bundi
Nov 11, 2008 (55 photos)

... hill overlooking the city and was essentially an openair courtyard with the surrounding stables now (barely) converted into rooms.  Bundi was fantastic, the streets offering a 'no catch' hello at every turn.  The kiddies were just made up to ...

Bundi
Jan 31, 2007 (5 photos)

Pictures of Bundi attached - the best largely undiscovered town in Rajasthan.

Bundi
Oct 23, 2007 (3 photos)

Bundi......well......in general this was just a big disappointment. We had been told all along and seen is books that bundi was a hidden away paradise, but there was nothing that really took my eye. Their main attractions are the stepwells, which are ...

Time with the family
Sep 11, 2005 (5 photos)

... a perfectly round roti. Sashi's birthday celebration involved quantities of cake and rasgullah, both sickly sweet, BEFORE dinner. India may have a delicious array of its own traditional sweets, but should steer clear of trying to imitate western-style ...

Bundi--Our Jodhpur Blue House Substitution
Feb 8, 2007 (25 photos)

... class in India's caste system).  The pictures we saw in the Lonely Planet of Jodhpur were stunning and I must say, seeing Bundi's city landscape from its Palace...though not as many as Jodhpur, still quite the sight to see so many blue homes. Our ...

WOW wat een mooie staat is Rajastan !
Mar 6, 2007 (5 photos)

Met de de bus reizen we naar Bundi...god wat ben ik misselijk van het slechte wegdek...lijkt Mocambique wel...pffff en om de drie seconden claxoneren....?? Maar zo rustig als Bundi is...komen we helemaal tot rust !

The Blue City & place where Kipling came to write
Apr 11, 2008 (14 photos)

... once I got back to Udaipur. During the day that we were here we visited the famous Baoris Water Tanks and the Bundi Palace which is a very decaying building, reeking is bats urine but still containing a few faded turquoise and gold murals on its ...

Bundi
Apr 20, 2007 (15 photos)

Bundi est une petite ville, super sympathique. Pas tres touristique, elle vaut quand meme le detour, surtout pour la visite de ses palais abandonnes, de meme que pour les peintures murales datant des annees 1600. La visite de ces lieux est une aventure ...

Rajasthan without tourists
Apr 4, 2009 (15 photos)

... English by a voice but no face that it was time for me to get out of the conductors seat. not a great journey. Bundi itself was a huge relief, we found a beautiful Heritage guest house, Hadee Rani, with a superb room and cool courtyards to while ...

Bed bound in Bundi
Feb 13, 2006 (2 photos)

We decided to escape the tourist trail slightly and have a short visit to Bundi - a really pretty small town near Pushkar. Unfortately almost as soon as we got here Mark developed 'Bundi belly' and has been in bed for the last 48 hours. He's slowly ...

another night in Bundi
Feb 15, 2009 (9 photos)

... chill.  But we figured much more chill than Jaipur was going to be.  Truthfully were a little afraid of Jaipur. Bundi is in a valley with old forts and palaces surrounding it.  Most of the hotels in Bundi have rooftops, but some of ...

Bundi - again
Nov 24, 2009 (13 photos)

... in Bundi and India here: 20-24 November - Bundi So, Gregory and I spent our last four days in our favorite place in India, Bundi, soaking up the local atmosphere, staying at the wonderful Bundi Haveli and eating at the Shivam Guesthouse, run by the lovely ...