Atithi Guest House Jaipur

The day I left Rishikesh was short and I did not do much. Some chatting with my neighbors in the morning, And the favorite Mously with curd fruit and honey. Took a Rickshaw to the train station, and the bus to Haridwar. The bus to Haridwar takes about an hour to go for 28 kms. The bus experience is worth spending a little bit more time explaining. Imagine a road that barely holds two lanes full of people, bicycles, rickshaws and larger vehicles: cars, trucks, busses. Clearly the busses, cars,...

Udaipur 1st impression was not wrong. Udaipur is a small town (In India terms) of about 50000 people, compared to Jaipur the state capital which is 2.5 million. The city is very aimed towards turism and it gets most of the foreigh tourists in Rajhestan. It is full of Palaces, old aristocracy houses (Havalis) and small streets with bazars, restaurants. In special it has a huge amount of roof-top restaurants. All close to this beautiful lake called Lake Pichola. The atmosphere is laid down, no ...

Today is my third day in Udaipur and as much as I don't want, I'm moving tomorrow. My time is getting short and I need to go on. Plans keep changing. By talking to people you get all kinds of opinions where to go next. The final verdict is Jodhpur and I may from there try to fly to Varanise. If that happens I'll go back to my original plan. Jaisalmer is not much on the way and I'm not in the mood of being too many hours in buses. The longer you stay in Udaipur, the longer you want to. This pl...

Okay omdat Evelien toch al vr een zeer uitgebreide blog zorgt ga ik me daar niet mee bezighouden... (wie deze wil lezen en evelien niet echt kent kan wel viavia aan het adres geraken denk k ...) Ik ga me dus beperken tot een paar wistjedatjes van dingen die mij hier zoal opvallen... bij deze de eerste editie: WIST JE DAT... - India DE plaats is voor wie een bijna-dood-ervaring wil beleven? gewoon even de riksja nemen en je krijgt er garantie eentje! - Spookrijden in India geen probleem is: ge...

okay, we zitten hier intussen vat in jaipur, wouden vandaag de trein nemen maar blijkt dat we nergens nog een plaatsje op vinden... staan nu op wachtlijst vr morgen, duimen dus... thank god dat we op hier juist een zeer leuk hotelleke hebben (met airco en internet dus...) en Jaipur zo slecht nog ni is. We snakken wel naar een goede moessonbui want het is hier echt verschrikkelijk heet... een goed moment dus om me nog even in het relatief frisse computerkamertje terug te trekken vr een nieuwe ...

Atithi Guest House Jaipur, Rajasthan Rs. 450/night Single/Non-Ac http://www.hotelassociationjaipur.com/A tithiGuestHouse/ Reserve room ahead of time Atithi Guest House is a den of European travelers hoarding all the good spots on the rooftop garden. Aside from that, the rooms are clean and the bathrooms are spotless for a country that cleans toilets by simply splashing water on the seat. The restaurant is decent, but surprisingly lacking authentic Indian cuisine. What's even more surprising i...

Agra was simply incredible. There is not other way to describe it, really. The Taj Mahal was out of this world, though I must admit that it was smaller than I expected it was nonetheless very impressive. We went as early as possible to decrease the chance of pesky tourists in our pictures, and we're rewarding by a healthy yellow glow emenating from the rising sun and reflecting of the brilliant white surfaces of the palace. Speaking of palaces (what a great segway, huh?) anyone ever notice th...

As our 5.00pm train pulled away from Jaisalmer station, I settled back and watched the golden landscape slip by. The train picked up some speed, cool air whipped in through open, barred windows and once again I felt the relaxing calm I had experienced sleeping out in the desert. The sun was setting beautifully and my spirits soared as I actually looked forward to the 12 hour train ride ahead of me.
A few hours into the trip, Saki - my female travel companion showed me a passport photo and...

- Day 4 - Got the early bird train to Jaipur with Rin. We got fed and watered which made the 5 hour journey much better. Considering it cost about a fiver I was quite impressed (much better value than Midland Mainline anyway!) We checked into the Atithi Guest House. It's clean and pleasant and quiet. In the evening went to check out the Tiger Fort (so called because actual real man eating Tigers live in the surrounding hills). To get there we went through the (old) Pink City. Probably not as ...

We have spent the last 3 days in Jaipur, the Pink city, which has been far less intense than Delhi. We are convinced that noise, in any form, has only recently come to India as almost everyone seems to be enthralled with the concept of making it, at all times, wherever you are. There is one guy across from our hotel who is so excited by the fact that his car has remote locking, that he feels the need to lock and unlock it, with the subsequent 'beep-beep' sound, all day and night. It just went...