Days Inn Abhay Hotel Jodhpur

... short but very steep climb up to the fort where we took a very interesting audio tour lasting almost three hours. The fort has seen many battles and some of the old cannonball damaged walls tell the story of the battles between the Rajputs of Rajasthan and the Moguls of further east India. Inside the great walls you follow through a museum detailing the many eras of the old Maharajas in a very well presented life scene. At the base of the fort is a garden sanctuary that has ...

... how pretty it was and then looked across the alleyway (I wouldn't call it a street, just an alley) and there was this filthy shop of some sort. So filthy all you could see was black, the ground was full of garbage and dirt and everything else...but you turn back to the sweet stand and it looks like a piece of heaven..... <br>I also cannot get used to the way people just throw their garbage on the street. I know if it's food, the cows eat it, which is why ...

We arrived in Jodhpur the "Blue City" after a very hot five hour bus journey and took a rickshaw to our hotel Pushp which was recommended by a traveler we met in Pushkar. Situated right beneath the brooding fort we had great views overlooking the city from the roof terrace and a comfy double room. Jodhpur takes it's name from those riding trousers when long ago the British took the designs back to London and made ...

... herself because she was caught walking with a man of a different caste, or someone honor killing an entire family because their child wanted to marry someone of a different caste. It is just bizarre to me that that still exists! Anyway the walk back to town was fine. The people were poor and asked for money, but did not do anything else. We also saw some men with "freelance" camels. We ended up ...

... was just unlucky to get hit on one of the easier roads. I still had the dream of riding down the east coast and catching fish every day. I decide to put my bike on the train as luggage......... This seemed to be quite a straightforward process although with the language barrier turned out quite complicated. My bike was wrapped up in straw to protect the paint work I was assured that it would be loaded on my train. It was wheeled out and put on the ...

Indija je pisana. S sariji, turbani, zelenjavnimi trznicami, zacimbami. Tina bi rekla, cez barvne fasade Rajastana jih ni. Tako sedaj romava od roznatega Jaipura, preko svetega in barvitega Puskarja, v modri Jodpur in pesceni Jaisalmer. Barve v puscavi so tako nasponane , da bolijo oci. Ocitno so pomanjkanje zelenja nadomestili z intenziteto drugih odtenkov. Barve imajo nekaj verske simbolike, zivljenjske (rojstvo, poroka, smrt=bela ...

... is to drive around on a motorbike (not me driving, but on the back of one). On the way back to the camera store the man from the guest house took me on his motorbike. I love the feeling of it! Strange that I haven't been on a motorbike in my entire life until Paris, and now I've been on many in India. It can be a little scary at first as traffic here is quite insane, but the experience is mesmerizing. Rushing through the streets with the car ...

... They drank moonshine around the fire, talking slowly until a younger camel man spoke up pointing in my direction....asking something... " he wants to know if you like betting." Rikki reported to me, a mischievious look in his one good eye, the other one stared at me like a dead fish..... " sure who doesn't? what are we palying dice, cards???" I casually toss back, never in a million years expecting what happened next......The men all made a hooting sounds and a ...

... in singing and posing for photos. Suppose we only had ourselves to blame! Went to the fort (Meherangarh Fort) on Tuesday, the audio tour and the fort itself was brilliant. The views of the blue city were great from the fort too. But our camera just stopped working halfway through the tour to put a bit of a dampener on it. So we spent most of Tuesday afternoon looking around camera shops for a new camera and ...