Hotel Padmini Niwas Bikaner

Siamo arrivati a Bikaner alle 5 del mattino. L'albergo in cui avevamo prenotato era praticamente chiuso, lavori di ristrutturazione in corso ma 4 camere ancora, o forse gia`, abitabili.<br>Dopo un sonnellino di qualche ora siamo usciti diretti alla citta` vecchia. Non so neanche io il motivo preciso, ma dopo pochi passi una sgradevole sensazione si e` fatta viva. Imbarazzo, poca voglia di essere di nuovo nel trambusti piu` assoluto o forse semplicemente...il posto non mi ...

... men of all size and age surrounded us, all armed with camera phones, trying to take pictures, this happens quite alot and it all seemed quite harmless until suddenly out of nowhere a security guard came rushing over shouting "don't talk, don't talk, these bad men!" He warned them off in Hindi and they quickly dispersed, straight onto our train . Amber at this point was completely petrified. I looked up at the train to see the men sinisterly ushering us onto the ...

... National Park, Corbett National Park etc are the perfect destination to thrill and enjoy the wildlife adventure being in this kingly state. Some of these national parks and sanctuaries are world renowned. Visitors can enjoy the safari jeep tour to catch the astonishing sight of animals in their natural home. Among must see tourist attraction in Rajasthan includes, Jantar Mantar, Hawa Mahal, Amber ...

... foods are best and which to avoid. The only advice that the travel clinic literature had was to drink fluids to prevent any dehydration, and to avoid dairy. I lay down during the break, and actually crashed out, waking exactly at 3:30 when we were going to reconvene in the lobby. Of course, I jumped up, not wanting to miss a thing. This was an "optional" side trip but everyone except one person went - we had to pay the driver an extra 250 rupees ...

... voulaient juste qu'on leur ouvre la porte pour qu ils puissent monter dans le train ! En effet celui ci s arrete tout le temps et ne dépasse pas 60 Km/h autant dire que ça prend du temps !Nous voyageons donc a cinq car Mathilde avait rendez vous avec Aurélie a l hôtel et on a donc bien fait de lui réserver son billet. Elle avait planifié son voyage avec son copain qui s est cassé la jambe juste avant de partir et elle n a pas voulu annuler son voyage. Elle est contente d ...

... Temple" aka, Karni Mata. There are thousands of rats running around, doing what rats do best: eating, drinking, deficating. EVERYWHERE. This isn't a place where I would recommend to everyone, but personally, I found it to be one of the best temples I've seen. The temple itself was unspectacular, but how could something covered in rats possibly dissapoint?

... washroom, and decided the apocalypse was still in progress. I went into the street in search of a means to get back to Jaipur. I tried the train station first, and was very happy to have the man who cut in front of me not allow anyone else to do the same to me again. But there were no spots on the train. I tried a bus operator, but again they were full up. I caught an auto rickshaw to the Tourist Reception Centre, where I hoped they could give me some advice. It was a big ...

... to the unveiling of a statue of the old Maharajah. We sat on the rapparts and enjoyed a delicious roti and dhal for Lunch. After a long overdue bout of exercise in the Gym and swim we did a little shopping from the local crafts men and women. Dinner was served by fire light in the old ruins within the fort at which point we all agreed that we had found the location for the next James Bond movie and pinched ourselves at our own good fortune.

... in our secret mist pocket for hours with lorries, camels and white-cotton-clad-mop-brandishing-face- mask-wearing pilgrims (WCCMBFMWP's) occaisionally invading our space to scare and amuse us accordingly. It was truly super d-ooper even when a train hidden in the mist on the track following the road snuck up on us and did the loudest toooooooot in the history of sound that made me wobble lots on my little black bicycle. They love their noise here. Tim

... a couple of sloth bears. You can only take so much road kill, so we found a side door and exited without much notice Fort Junagarh This being the premier attraction of Bikaner, we had to see it, so as soon as the tickets were available to be sold, we bought ours, and with this fort, you get a guided tour thrown in. Luckily for us, this man decided to take a group of Indians with us as well. He spoke Hindi first and then English. When he was speaking ...