The Ummeid Jodhpur

... allowed for water to be raised above its current level my means of a vertical conveyor system powered by human or animal effort. Through the use of multiple Persian Wheels delivering water to tanks at progressively higher levels, the people on top of the fortress could have water to drink.


There is a great audio guide to the Meherangarh Fortress. It is free to people who purchase tickets. Enjoy the tour of the Blue City and Meherangarh Fort.

... und Libanese verabschieden sich, australischer Japanenglischlehrer schliesst sich uns an, fuer kunterbuntes Mueslifruehstueck

+ Kulturschock: Jaipur
+ "Hier duerfen keine nicht eingecheckten Personen mit Gepaeck im Hostel verweilen" "Es gibt ein Gesetz, das es verbietet, nur mit Passkopien zu reisen" In einer fuer ihn nicht verstaendlichen Sprache, mitten ins Gesicht: "Arschloch."
+ "Ich ...

... that wasn't ours. We were greeted by people who then tried to convince us to stay at their hotel and said that our hotel (Hotel Aroma) was **** and we would not be happy there. We told them we were already booked and would not be changing our minds. We called our hotel and asked him to come pick us up. Yaarit went off in search of a Diet Coke. Tikkum finally came to our rescue and lef our rickshaw driver in the direction of our hotel. We arrived at a blocked street ...

... was only 1 other guest - a french lady, who decided to stay another night. Earlier in the day a party of 7 europeans had left. They played volley ball in the sand previous day. We were brought to our tent to wash up a little while the staff prepared lunch. The tent entrance was with a canvas cover and 2 wooden chairs with a table places outside. The space inside ...

... t really come to india to see the sights. I came more so to get to know its people. So even though I had a good 12 hours in the most horrific pain i've ever experienced, i'm fine with how things ended up. I got to meet people and see a part of the country that mabny tourists usually don't get to see. But basically this means we had to cut a lot out of our itinerary, that had already been cut down from our naive sight-packed plan. We were going to go to ...

... my feelings about Jaipur: the local council dug a 15ft ditch to repair some drains, then lost interest in the project and left the ditch as it was, without even putting up a sign or barrier. When the monsoon rains came, the ditch filled with water and looked exactly like all the other small puddle-filled potholes that litter all the streets, and a man stepped in unawares and drowned. The key part of the story is this: the council said that it would probably ...

... length of time, without being offered a cup of chai and usually a delectable array of accompanying snacks in little glass bowls (which, if i'm lucky, often include rasgulla, spongy little spheres of paneer that have been soaked in rosewater sugar syrup - they are violently delicious). even as your insistent protests of having to make your next appointment or having just five minutes ago taken chai are flying at your eager host, she or he is on his way to the ...

... proceeded to give us a bit of a lecture about how to bargain in India. We must look like people who need to be told and taught how to do things. For some reason we often seem to get people lecturing us about various things - maybe it's because of how we look, I don't know, but they seem to talk to us as if we've just stepped off the plane. (Can I add here, so we don't look as if that impression might be right, that in order to get the price down the French couple ...