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Bikaner
... he said we could contact him at anytime if we encounter any trouble.
OK back to my usual boring retention of my day in Bikaner. First of all the fort here is very much different than the others we have encounters. By far this is the best fort. As with other forts there is the usual delicately carved sand stone screen above the courtyards but the interior is richly decorated with paintings of flowers on white walls. ...
Fam Jam - Days 20-21
... that is set up to help widowed women make a living. Potentially some translation confusion cos it is just a big warehouse store although the women may have made the items! It's a giggle anyway especially as Teigan has gotten married :-p, Cara has been set up with someone and Jen got a free scarf. The car picks us up from there as we are due to go to the rat temple. The name is When I say a rat temple it really is a temple full of rats. We are told that the rats are blessed an ...
Of crowds and camels
... After a leisurely pack up, we were back on the camels by 9:00 and on the trail. It was more of the same as the day before, and my thoughts wandered all over, freed by the rhythm of the camel’s roll, and then of the camel-powered cart when it was my turn.
The camel trek was a great outdoors interlude in our travels, which have been mostly village and city adventures. It was good for us; whenever I looked over to Dan, he had on a big smile and I think I might have had ...
All about the Rats!!!
... scampers over your feet. I thought I was going to die, Tristian was very brave but still rather weary. Everywhere we looked there were rats, to the left,right, above us, behind us, everywhere. There were massive bowls of milk with rats drinking out of them, ewww this was gross but we had to be brave and remember that this was a holy place and that there were many people praying around us so we tried not to make too much of a scene. Being so early ...
In the desert with camels and the three (wise) men
... educated Indian who in all honesty suggested that the corruption should be legalized since it is happening all of the time anyway. “Everyone is for sale, it is only a question of how much" is a saying we know in the West as well. But in India it is taken to a whole other level.
What is especially shocking and disconcerting for me is the corruption of the legal system. If you have money in India you can even buy yourself out of a murder charge. You just pay ...