Hotel The Grand Chandiram Kota

... by it. So I decided to take the plunge and get a haircut in India. The first step was for me to ask the very friendly and helpful ower of the hotel where I am staying how much a haircut should cost. He said no more than 30 rupees - about 60 cents US. Armed with this knowledge, I went to the aforementioned shop and asked how much a haircut would cost. Looking me up and down and concluding that I look like a man of means, the barber said ...

... slowly building up their business for several years and their charming friendliness and good cooking has resulted in their being included by now in several popular guidebooks.

After breakfast Gregory and I went for a walk around Bundi's fort and we nearly made a mess of things when we came back to town down the steep side of the mountain. We narrowly escaped hurting ourselves and promised ourselves not to do anything that stupid again - until next ...

... Jaipur to leave hot for hotter for the 4 hour drive south along a busy 2 lane trucking route. It had better be worth risking our live for, I thought.  We arrived in the late afternoon to 45 degree heat so didn't waste much time deciding on the best accommodation according to LP (Haveli Katoun Guesthouse).  Bundi was bigger than I imagined - I should have noted that the pop was 88,000. I thought we would have a more small town rural ...

... in Bundi 10 Rs (less than 20 pence) including head and neck massage and an ear and nose trim and clean. Whilst in Bundi we rented a bike again, and went to explore the local villages and waterfalls, in hindsight not a great idea considering the fact it is the middle of the hottest period and there was absolutely no water to be seen at the waterfalls. Bundi was a great place to see real Rajasthan life and relax.

... what their major crop was, because it had just been harvested. Tried asking the villagers but none of them could even understand the question. As I said, this was a town on the verge of corruption. I was cycling hard to get to one of the 2 villages listed in LP, Akoda or Thikarda. However, at the well-marked entrances of both of them were young touts who insisted that I hire them as a guide. Incredible India... Everywhere else, this kind of behavior is ...

... before this trip is out I will know how to ride a moped and a motorbike, trust me on this one. The place I stayed marked my first departure from anything resembling a hotel, this was technically a guest house, and it looked, and I believe was, someones home. They lived on the floor below me which had a large skylight up to my floor, I think there were only about 3 rooms for guests, as the rest belongs to the actual occupants ...

... me and sent in another brother to show me another scale. My fingertips at this point were being sliced to the bone on the cheesewire strings but with usual English politeness i ploughed on - now wanting fiona to hurry up.

Next stop....Jodphur.....Apart from getting lost in the tight, never-ending myriad of streets, the hotel manager going through his photo album of his dream trip to Sheffield and the strange chewing spice man who had lost his pigmentation ...

... Everybody Hurts (mimochodem samé pozitivní názvy písniček), Massimo konverzuje s nasí sousedkou na trojsedadle. Paní pochází z jihu Indie a celou cestu se modlí růzenec, vyučuje na střední skole v nedalekém městě a vytusili jsme, ze nábozenství. Max ji pozádal, aby ho vyzkousela z hindstiny, tak tu teď oba něco drmolí. Průvodcovská knízka říká, ze cesta do Bundi je, a to cituji "bonerattlers" a já plně souhlasím - kam se ...

... abbigliamento dei ragazzi. Erano quasi tutti vestiti da "fichi di paese", con jeans trapuntati, camice trendy ed occhiali da sole ad "occhi di mosca" , con una copertura del 73% circa della faccia, che ancora un po' e li devi alzare per mangiare. Mi chiedo la natura di questi germi di cultura occidentale. Se sono condannati a cannibalizzare la cultura indiana nel tempo di un paio di generazioni, come č accaduto in altre parti del mondo raggiunte da ricchezza e progresso. Oppure ...

... like me and tattoos. I left, since I was not to interested to go meet the Indian version of Al Capone. I was very surprised by his offer he didn't seem like a ganster at all. Maybe he just wanted to bring the white man along to look cool. I don't really know but it was weird. Now we are leaving to Udaipur where I am planning to learn how to cook some Indian food. Well it is probably not of much interest for you since I never cook for anybody but myself!