Taj Hari Mahal Jodhpur

... Pakistan (about 300km) is a main reason, albeit tensions are higher in Kasmir than in Rajasthan… Check in at the Taj Hari Mahal, a great hotel. There is a magician in the courtyard, with quite stunning tricks. We're the only spectators for his ...

... difficult to make changes on the road.    Once we have navigated into the city we find and check into the Taj Hari Mahal.  The hotel is large but very friendly.  A beautiful young lady offers us a glass of cold water as we ...

... for the men and the women- separate of course, the museums, the audience halls and the the top there was a fantastic view over Jodhpur where almost all the houses were painted in indigo blue. We then were taken to the market - the first time for Monika ...

... of treatment. Today, we went for a city tour. We first stopped at a beautiful marble memorial (reminiscent of pictures of the taj mahal) of a local MR (maha-ranna). There was a young girl dressed in a beautiful bright yellow outfit dancing in front with ...

May 7th 23rd installment   We have a relaxing morning after the hectic yesterday.  The room is so comfortable that we take our time heading out for breakfast.  As I said before, the hotel is nearly empty so when we did make ...

... .  Jodhpur was originally located on the overland camel route and was once a flourishing trade center.  The famous jodhpur riding clothes were designed here.   The first stop of the morning is the Mehrangargh Fort.  The fort ...

Today transport from Jaipur to Jodhpur - long stretch, but interesting landscape and lots to look at, camels, elephants, regular traffic, holy cows, water buffaloes, sheep, dogs and holy men. Lovely hotel in Jodhpur - the best so far. Muscician and ...

... . That's through no allegiance to Australia by the way, it's just been my view. (How's the Aussie Rugby team?). However, the Taj Mahal now has that honor. Quite magnificent in every way. One thing I noticed which gave me a lot of pleasure was that ...

 May 5th; 21st installment We have another great breakfast and check out of the beautiful Taj Hari Mahal.  By 9:30 we are on the road to Jaisalmer, deeper in the Great Thar Desert.  Just on the outskirts of Udaipur we come upon ...

... the highlight of the monument/temple-seeing part of our trip was our visit to the Golden Temple in Amristar. Jamie thought the Taj Mahal was magnificent, as we expected it would be. But the Golden Temple was breathtaking and definitely spiritual. It is a ...

 May 8th 24th installment   Since we are already packed and organized, we have a leisurely breakfast and plan the rest of our day.  We had been fretting over how much to tip Rampal, but we finally settled on a sum and put it ...

... Festival today so we saw a procession through the town of Dungarpur including bands, saried ladies, school kids, floats including the Taj Mahal, lavishly decorated horses and camels ridden by well bedecked riders and an elephant. My first in India.  ...

... today so we saw a procession through the town of Dungarpur including bands, saried ladies, school kids, floats including the Taj Mahal, lavishly decorated horses and camels ridden by well bedecked riders and an elephant. My first in India. ...

... seeing something of Delhi itself and soaking up the atmosphere. We particularly enjoyed our visit to Humayun's Tomb (almost a mini Taj Mahal) and Ghandi's Smriti where Mahatma Ghandi spent his last few weeks and which depicts the footsteps he took ...

... odyssey; we took an early train to Agra, which is in Uttar Pradesh, the next state to the east. Agra is home to the Taj Mahal, and close to Delhi.  Rajasthan is a unique place. It is home to more temples, forts, palaces, royal residences and just ...

... . Deze moeten jullie echt komen bekijken als ik terug ben. In Agra was heel veel politie omdat de prime minister van China de Taj Mahal wilde zien. Als ik hem zou ik nog maar een keer nadenken want foreigners betalen 750rs (voor Indiers 20rs!). Ja nu ...

... Tomb. This Mughal built mausoleum was said to be built by the senior widow of Humayun in the 16th century. It is quite a stunning structure surrounded by gardens and water channels said to have inspired the architects who later built the Taj Mahal. ...