Surya Royal Hotel Kota

... being sought. They said, "Your friend asked if we had seen the guy with the red shoes." After that, every time I passed by those guys, they commented on the attractiveness of my footwear. Oh, and I was able to find Gregory.

For some reason, at this point the SIM card on my phone stopped working. I am unable to make or receive calls. Other travelers have reported having this problem and it seems to be due to the paperwork for my SIM card ...

... was full of people getting ready, musicians and floats for the procession. We met an old man on a motorbike who stopped and invited us to the procession in the evening.

In the evening we were going to eat at our guesthouse, but there was a big tour group there and no chairs, so we went to see the start of the procession. We met lots of people there and took photos of the kids. Then we met the old man again, and he put garlands and rosettes on us, and before we ...

... in the world - I wasn't going to argue - he had never seen anything else to compare it to. But I did google Indian traffic fatality statistics when we got home to determine if my instincts were correct and it seems India (no surprise) has the highest number of fatalities per cars than any other country. Goodness knows what the stats will be once the affordable Tata Nano floods the market! The owner of our B&B  in Delhi shared with ...

... Palace. There is a small section that is covered with artwork and an unsolicited old man talks about the artwork. We finally had to tell him to stop talking because after five minutes we did not understand a single word, in fact we could not even tell what language he was speaking! He asked for money, and we reluctantly gave him some. But good thing we did! He was our monkey saviour! But the time we left the ...

... than Varanasi, but it was still a city. As the bus moved away from the center, it didn't take long for plantations to dominate the scenery. Bundi was a town of 88,000 people, which was surrounded by a 14th Century fort. It was established on a valley and historical stone structures were scattered throughout. This is exactly what I was looking for. No hassling... No honks... A tuc tuc driver dropped me off at R.N. Haveli for 25 rupees. At ...

... too. We decide to hire a moped from a friendly entrepreneur called Romeo, who will provide his "tour map" to explore the surrounding countryside. We set out on our steed to the "big waterfall" enjoying the feeling of freedom your own transport gives. On arrival at the waterfall we are mobbed by young males keen to have their photos taken. We indulge them for a while but it starts to get a bit crazy - I think they were quite taken with Tara. In ...

... was correct after all. The festival lasted for 2 more days but on a lower key. There were three types of firework displays over 2 days. Listed was, a 'Sparkling Fireworks', 'Dazzling Fireworks' and just 'Fireworks' display. I chose to be dazzled. Like most things done in India it's not so much the quality in what they do but primarily the enthusiasm and effort in which it is done. People can be a bit too nice that its got to the point where I have to blank a lot of ...

20.-21 leden, Bundi Při poslední snídani v Pushkaru si dáváme výborné ovesné vločky a pancake s banánem a platíme pětistovkou. Fajn kluk, který ten bar provozuje nám říká, ze v dnesní době platí vsichni větsími bankovkami - a myslí tím Indy. Pak nám vykládal o tom, ze Indie se rozvíjí a ze uz dnes je hodně bohatých Indů. Je pravda, ze my jako turisté vidíme hlavně tu chudobu. Někdo jiný nám zas vyprávěl o tom, ze v nasem svě ...

... quasi "privata", assieme ad una valida guida che ci ha accompagnati per quasi due ore. Ci ha colpito la finezza delle pitture del 1700, molte ben conservate, ed anche alcuni particolari architettonici che vedete nelle foto. La disposizione del palazzo č originale ai nostri occhi. Lo spazio dedicato alle riunioni di governo, ad esempio, si trova a pochi metri dall'alloggio del maraja, cosě vicino che se faceva una scoreggia in bagno i ministri la sentivano. Evidentemente non ...

... in most of the other towns and villages we have passed through. We did get invited into a local house though which was cool, we were just passing and got asked in for tea. That was lovely, and 5 daughters lived in the house, and all shared rooms and seemed close. Their brother had recently been married so they took great pleasure in showing us the photos. SO overall the people in Bundi were lovely, but the man attraction really were not what we expected!!