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Jodhpur Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Jodhpur, India
Varmt och svettigt
... en liter vatten. Efter det började jag känna mig som en människa igen. Jag hade egentligen tänkt att ta en buss från Jodhpur till Udaipur på torsdag kväll. Det är den enda etappen som inte är förbokad. Jag lät mig dock övertalas att ta en bil ...
Jodhpur, la ville bleue
... centre geographique. Elle était autrefois les sičge de l'État princier du męme nom, la capitale du royaume de Marwar. Jodhpur est une destination touristique populaire, présentant de nombreux palais, forts et temples. La ville est connue comme la ...
Leaving luxury to come home...
We had a nice lazy start of like 7:15am this morning. I sat outside on the lounger reading while i waited for the rest of them to be ready for breakfast. Breakfast was the usual of rice, toast, weird candy flavored jam and a ...
What was your favourite colour?.. Blue?.. Goooood
... bright colours.. They must give out free red stuff to all the residents to help improve our photos. I'm sure of it. Jodhpur is a lovely old city - busier and more commercial than Jaisalmer, but with some nice small lanes and a huge imposing fort ...
ham teek he!
... sick today, but of course still had it in her to walk 20 mins in order to find the best tie and dye textile store in jodhpur. dad is getting good at chatting it up with the locals as he waits outside while we do our shopping. its also a good thing he ...
Roasting in Rajasthan
... to wear when we went in as he was in shorts. Photos to follow... So after our hard three days resting, we have moved onto Jodhpur. I was fearing the four hour bus ride non a/c, when we were waiting at the side of the road and our friendly taxi driver ...
GRA/ Johdpur Dewalie
... we had a dewali party of our own. from the roof top cafe on our hotel we could see the whole city and all the fireworks in Jodhpur, not to mention the ones we were setting off our selves from the roof. it was so beautiful and exciting. With all those ...
Blue city
... Am Abend nimmt er also den Zug und es ist wiedermal Zeit sich voneinander zu verabschieden. Ich bin wieder allein unterwegs. Jodhpur's Altstadt ist von einer 10km langen Mauer umgeben. In der Stadt befinden sich jede Menge blaue Haeuser. Deshalb auch der ...
Modern Opulence
... II. The following day we went to the recently built but incredible Umaid Bhavan Palace, an immense palace that is a great example of India's opulence. It is now part hotel, part museum and part royal residence. I tried to get a photo of the hotel ...
Heading to the Wild west of Rajasthan
... to the central piece of interest, the Mehrangarh Fort, built in the 16th century on a hill top, above the blue city. Jodhpur used indigo to colour the walls, as it cooled the city during the summer, and provided an insect repellant as well. These ...
Jodhpur, home of riding trousers
... , Raj collected the bribe/admin fee and we had more chai. He let me in on another secret - he could obtain, here in Jodhpur, the finest Afghanistani charras known to man. Lovely fellow but dodgy as you like; I'm pretty sure had I taken him up ...
Next city
... (yes read it again) trying to get a ticket in Mumbai train station, I began to become a little frustrated the way things worked in India. Stuff works but it just works in a different way to how you think. Not being a local person made it about a million ...
The Blue City
Arrived in Jodpur and went straight to the Mehrangh Fort. I am proud to announce that it now bears the title of the Ward Award for Best Rajethani Fort. This is the first city that we've been to since Delhi and it reminded us that there's more to desert ...
Blue mood in Jodhpur
... l'importance du systčme des castes en Inde. Les Brahmanes (caste supérieure assimilable au Clergé en France) avaient pour habitude ā Jodhpur de peindre leur maison en bleu (ou plutôt en indigo) afin de signifier ā tous qui ils étaient. Seulement ...
Jodhpur - Day 1
... . At the top of the mountain, the views of the city were incredible. A lot of big cities in Rajasthan are named after colours and Jodhpur is the Blue city. Looking down on the city it was not hard to see why. In the old days lots of people painted their ...
Jodhpur
... jump out of my chair (the cafe owner didn't flinch but Waz thought it was hilarious). City of blue... Jodphur. So far in India, this is the city I have liked the most. Once you pass through the city walls and towards the clock tower, the place has ...
Endlich!
Hallo Leute! Endlich ist es nun soweit: Das lang geplante und drei Monate nicht realisierte Reisetagebuch im Internet feiert einen Geburtstag. Hoffe es macht euch Spass, meiner Reise so etwas naeher folgen zu koennen. Soll aber nicht die persoenlichen ...
Back to Medieval Times
... already dripping with sweat. I ran out of deodorant 2 days ago, and I thought I had brought enough for the whole trip. Jodhpur very much looks unlike a tourist town which is nice. It seems we have missed tourist season for the most part, and locals in ...
Johdpur..the blue city
Thu 7th An overnight bus and a dodgy rickshaw brought us to the guesthouse at about 4am. They had no room but allowed us to sleep on the sofa in the courtyard outside...how ...
Rajasthani Diaries
... hungry i wasn't taking any of it and promptly asked if he could take me back to the hotel. The next day i had a train booked to Jodhpur leaving at 11.30......it was 5 hours late!!!!!! I sat and waited for 5 hours before the train showed up, this was due ...
Fort and Flying Fox
... lit by the bright lights; it looked like an impenetrable structure at day but even more so in the night. Our second day in Jodhpur was spent lazing around as I felt pretty sick; I went to the hospital at night to see the doctor and was prescribed some ...
Safaris and celebrations
... the way out, I saw a buffalo and its calf go right into a house! They shooed it out, but that happens a lot in India. Indirajit organized a lunch for us at the place and also a GREAT chocolate cake for Tallulah!!! That was really nice - Lu also got ...
Jodhpur, la ville bleue
... lui a été donné car ses maisons sont presque toutes peintes, pour la plupart en bleu. Sur les hauteurs de Jodhpur s'élčve le Meherangarh, une immense forteresse comprenant plusieurs palais de Maharajas. Cette forteresse est ...
La ville bleue
... aussi tres bien les insectes donc l'usage premier a disparu pour une application plus pratique. La guesthouse de Jodhpur etait vraiment magnifique, construite dans un ancien haveli renove (maison typique de plusieurs etages ouverte sur une cour ...
Jodhpur
We arrived at 5 30 am and walked to a guest house that was in the lonely planet. We slept for a couple of hours as I was still tired after our train journey . We had some food and head out to see the fort. Its very impressive looking. ...
Jaisalmer och första dagen i Jodhpur
... sen blev vi utskjutsade i öknen för att sova under stjärnorna! Annorlunda och härlig upplevelse! Nu är jag i Jodhpur, en stor modernare stad med mer liv och ett riktigt mäktigt fort! Imorgon blir det zipline åkning och ...
The Blue City...and BATMAN!!
"Welcome to Jodhpur. The local time is 6pm and it is plus 40 outside."....the announcement from the airplane says. Flying into Jodhpur, a city in the desert, is quite the view~! You can see the old forts, built high up on hills, the blue city, and the ...
Too hot on the rock
Price of beer: Shop, unknown. Restaurant maybe 100Rs (can't properly remember) Transport: Hot sweaty bus Weather: Hotter than hell Stopped in Jodhpur for a couple of nights, where it was far too hot to do anything. Went and had a look at the mighty fort ...
Sticks and Stones
... hours so that Adam may check his work email and for us to change some money. There is only one ATM we've found in Jodhpur, next to a nicer hotel. We decided to go there by foot since it was only 2 miles from our guest house. ...