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Conquer Rajasthan or it will conquer you!
... winter too, I’m not inclined to believe that 30°+ with added humidity results in a winter, though to be fair, they do dress for it with jackets, jumpers, closed shoes and sometimes beanies!!!! With this for their winter, I would hate to experience a true Indian summer! The heat in Rajasthan state was quite oppressive, add to that the fact that India is a conservative country and you get a tourist (me) who, although has a backpack full of clothes, is finding 80% of ...
Jodhpur, Bishnoi, Camels and Opium!
... out to the surrounding villages to see how pottery is made ( all by hand , no machines) then carpet weaving, a visit to a local home and then a factory making fabric. It was realy interesting , especially the man whose house we visited , one of the Bishnoi tribe , who was very happy to see us or was the Opium he was drinking !!? I declined the Opium but yes ofcourse Martin tried it !
He did a little ceremony and you had to drink out of is ...
Sibling bonding in the Blue City
... Ahmedabad/8 hours by overnight train, and is known as the Blue City - for obvious reasons (several more hours away is Jaipur: the Pink City). It was there that I got to celebrate (and participate in) the holiday as well as spend a lot of time with an Indian family - who have become good friends.
I met up with Vinti and her mom (standard nickname for someone you are familiar with who is older is Auntie or Uncle, so I call Vinti’s mom Auntie) in ...
Jodhpur-land of the funny trousers
... coincided with a festival celebrating Shiva which added to the noise, smells and our bewilderment.
Two days was enough so we boarded the sleeper train to Jaipur, not sure if we had booked a bed or a space on the roof! Thankfully, after much searching we found our beds, had a couple of gins and managed some sleep before alighting at Jodhpur at 5am. The streets were amazingly quiet but we found a tut-tut to our hotel, woke the owner and watched the sunrise to the ...
The most majestic of Rajasthani forts!!
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Up to the fort, the reason we came to Jodhpur. I'll let the photos describe this amazing structure.
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