Madho Niwas Jodhpur

... inhabitants. The view of the blue city is spectacular. Endless narrow streets and colourful markets to wander, and the tastiest fresh burfi and gulab jamun I have ever tasted! I stayed at The Blue House, down one of the narrow, winding alleyways. Full of character, and a lovely rooftop cafe with great view.

... guy weaved a string using thread with hi hands and feet. What's amazing about India is that anything can be done as everyon has a specific job. Everyone, including small children, plays a role in society. This man in questions simply made decorations out of strings.<br><br>That night, Jay invited us to have dinner at his house. He picked us up in his car with his son. They were both very well dressed, which made us feel awkward because we were dressed in ...

... even the city's traffic is affected by the flood, rickshaws simply chug through the water like a miniature canal boats. Imagine the utter chaos this would cause in England, but in India nothing can stop the determined rickshaw wallah.<br><br>We leave Jodhpur tonight, insearch of cooler temperatures. Tomorrow we sleep in the mountains, in the hill station of Mount Abu.<br><br>See you there <br><br>x<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><b r><br><br><br><br><br>

... to reach the village. The head villager and about 15 young children greet us as we arrive. We were introduced to the leader, whose name I couldn't spell, so let's just call him Chief. Looking around, we note that the village is mostly made of mud or adobe huts, with an occasional cement block building. There is a single electric wire running on wooden poles down the side of the street. I would guess that there are maybe 75 or 80 ...

... taking place, albeit on a small scale. We went to the highest point in the fort and had a good view of the surrounding town which is home to 40000 people. Barbara also had her photo taken with a local and ancient musician, before we left the fort and made our way to the town, where we were taken to several shops; including those housed within the magnificently constructed Havelis (mansions) built by the wealthy merchants over ...

... few days with. Cory knows everything there is to know about Indian History and between the two of them, they kept us very well informed. The following day was spent drinking Chai (and lots of Chai) in Diggy's art shop where one of the students painted a minature elephant on Jess's thumb nail and a minature Camel on mine. Utterly amazing all done with a single hair. Another of his friends also took us to the local museam and gave us a very interesting tour with ...

... The only way is up and through a number of increasingly narrow gatehouses - naturally the road is shared with rickshaws, motorbikes, cyclists, pedestrians, cows, goats and dogs, which is tremendous fun as we zigzagged up to the centre of the fort, polished flagstones making for just that additional excitement as we squeaked and squealed to a halt. Our bags were quickly taken by some Nepalese boys who rushed us to our hotel, the beautiful Garh Jaisal ...

... the local MG (Mahatma Ghandi) hospital, very nice for a government hospital, and found a surprising calm about the place. A TV news van parked outside suggested something was amiss. We spoke to a receptionist who seemed to assume we had a medical problem and marched us to the front of a queue of patients to see a doctor. He immediately sat us down and we explained we were here to help if necessary. He told us that we'd have to speak to ...

... that of resident, a move which is akin to leaving the anticipation of an interesting, cluttered, inviting, and naked-lightbulb-lit doorstep of a giant eccentric-looking mansion and entering into total darkness within. this entrance has yielded all kinds of interesting, bizarre, frustrating, and often rewarding new surprises, but i'm forever bumping into odd-shaped little objects in the darkness, skinning my shin and cursing out loud, starting in panic as ...

... the pilgrims as it is the only temple in India dedicated solely to Lord Brahma - the Hindu God (Deva) of creation. So, we decided to have a 2 and a half hour stop in Pushkar, including having some lunch. After parking the car at the Lakeview Palace Hotel where we'd have lunch, Janice and I walked through the streets and markets where I bought a 2 layered skirt for $8. AUD (in Aus I'd pay min. $40. for it!), and we purchased a packet of petals ...