Govind Hotel Jodhpur

... Raj collected the bribe/admin fee and we had more chai.  He let me in on another secret - he could obtain, here in Jodhpur, the finest Afghanistani charras known to man.  Lovely fellow but dodgy as you like; I'm pretty sure had I taken him up on ...

... was).  smita looked at me sympathetically, but firmly, and turned off the gas stove.  our friend and host organization founder govind rushed over to see what all the commotion was about.  "not to worry!", he exclaimed, "we can make paneer!"& ...

... palanquins in all different shapes and sizes, plus the views of the blue city from the ramparts were great too. Also Jodhpur Palace, which had amazing architecture but is now mostly a hotel and Mandore Gardens which had a load of memorial buildings in it. ...

... .  I know very little about Jodhpur - mainly that it is blue and, to quote my friend Liz "jodhpurs come from jodhpur,which isn't especially useful but reasonably exciting."  Armed with this bit of wisdom, I headed out to the city government ...

... train departure: 6:20am Actual departure: 8:30am 12 long, hot, wish-I-could-forget-the-toilet-situation, hours later I arrive in Jodhpur Hmm how interesting... -luggage porter asks for 50rps to show me where my seat is and to carry my 40lbs bag ...