Gorband Guest House Jodhpur

... house was at the train station waiting for us with a sign saying 'Krish', lots of people call Chris Krish as they think he is named after Krishna one of the most famous gods in India.

Heaven Guest house was brilliant, the rooms were all gorgeous and the place was really well looked after, by far the best place we have stayed in India. It was owned and run by an Indian lady which is pretty rare in India as its usual all men, but it made such a ...

... t seem to be a general agreement, the blue is not uniform and only some building are painted in that color. Anyway, I think that as more and more hords of tourists visit the city, the inhabitants will end up painting everything in blue just to satisfy them. It would be an incredible city to visit and get lost in its narrow alleys if it wasn't for the cow dung, the sewage and dirt that seem to be everywhere. On top of that, the sun is ...

You will be able to see, in viewing these photos, that I had fun taking them. It was really enriching to get a closeup view of the village life, both in the water wheel and the Bishoi village. I hope you enjoy these pictures. Jon

... children behind them. The swaggering boys in sneakers and baggy jeans who have been watching our card game with determined interest - confounded by the fact that money was not being exchanged - take off to sell the locks they are carrying to boarding passengers. Beggars weave among the crowd, standing silently with their hands outstretched, waiting for the inevitable shake of ...

... is intertwined with the history of Marwar and Rajasthan. From here our guide took us to a party at a local men's club to eat for free, and while this was a little intimidating for Anna, the food was wonderful. Our final trip for the day was to the Monkey Temple, a beautiful example of a Jain Temple in the middle of a park in Jodhpur, before returning to Jaswant Thadar to watch the sunset over Jodhpur.

... three) hours of looking and negotiating they walked away with everything they wanted. On our third day in Jodhpur we took a taxi out to the small town of Oisen. There was a great Hindu temple and a wonderful Jain temple in this small town. The Mahavira Jain temple is dedicated to the last (24th) Jain Prophet. The main temple was constructed around 775 ...

... barrage of honking. It was only when we had a quick pitstop to be bombarded with people selling water-bottles, pens, toothbrushes and delicious looking mini pakoras and we saw arms and hands snaking down from the roof clutching rupees and packets of chips that we realised we were carrying an entire village. As we drove I slowly lost more and more of my space to lethargic men, one of my headrest, one on my footrest, one emerging through my window ...

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. Its different from Jasailmer as its not a live in fort and now its just a tourist attraction full of grand rooms. We also ...

... azuis. Mais tarde ainda visitamos o mercado e alguns outros sitios. CZ: Jodhpur je opravdu modry. Nejlepe je to videt z pevnosti Mehrangarh Fort, ktera se nachazi na vrcholku obrovske skaly. Je to asi nejkrasnejsi pevnost, kterou jsme dosud navstivili. Ma nekolik pater a je velmi dobre zachovala vcetne vnitrniho vybaveni, nektere mistnosti ...

... these women dressed in their bright sari's against the color of the sand carry away rocks on their head many with baby's on their hips. As "tourists" everything is marked up 100% and you must haggle on the price. This gets very tiresome and stressful for Jeremy and I. We had negotiating a price. It is like buying a car everytime we want a shirt or nic nak. Indians are seasoned bargainers and this is their ...