Jodhpur!!
The blue city....
09.02.2009 - 12.02.2009
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Namaste!
We arrived in Jodhpur the night before last, after a long drive from Udiapur where we left at 9am. We visited Kumbalgarh on the way to Jodhpur, which is basically a massive fort in the middle of nowhere perched on a hill 1100 metres above sea level. 
Once you climb to the top, you can see the fort wall which stretces 36km into the distance. 
The views were stunning and it was well worth the climb to the top. It was hot, but breezy as well, much like european weather! Needless to say we had our photo taken by an indian family on the way, and various questions about where we were from etc, but mainly staring....
From Kumalgargh we took the car (a sardine can on wheels - code named dizzee rascal) another 2 hours to jodhpur through the deserts of Rajasthan. 
We arrived quite late in the evening, so we checked-in, had dinner and went to bed. Yesterday we explored jodhpur some more, and we got a rickshaw all the way up to the Jaswant Thada for 45rs (about 55p), which is the memorial for the Marahajas of Jodhpur. Set on a hill overlooking the city, its really quite serene and leafy. After that we went to Meherangarh (the city fort), which was just massive and really well presented by indian standards! 
We got an inclusive audioguide as well, so it was educational as well! Half way up we managed to witness a guide putting his turban on! Chris quickly became Steven Spielberg and videoed the event, we'll try and update this at a later date!
We are off to the Umaid Bhawan Palace this afternoon, once it has cooled off a bit. It's the palace where liz hurley got married a few years ago! We need an early night tonight as our next train is at 6am, so we need to be up early in order to get to the station! We are off to Jaisalmer for 1 night, where we hope to embark on a camel safari! Im quite scared of heights, so we shall see how i manage. Chris is an old pro now, so im sure he will dispense tips along the way!
Until next time, lots of love
Chris and Alex xxx
Posted by chrisalex 23:45 Archived in India Tagged backpacking Comments (2)
The hotel is really nice and we have a balcony and everything, all for the price of 5 quid a night each! We have great views of the lake as well, which is really pretty both day and night. We went up to the monsoon palace last night via rickshaw allll the way up this windy road to the top so u can get amazing views of the city whilst the sunsets, its really beautiful! 
We sat up there a while whilst the sun went down, watching all the monkeys and everything! On the way back down the rickshaw didnt even start his engine, we just rolled all the way back down the hill, which was amusing to say the least!
We get to look around the old part though, which is all white marble with stunning glass work. Everything was really well kept, really bright beautiful colours as well! On the way back to the hotel we stopped at another museum which housed the worlds biggest turban, which was amusment enough for me! 
We are currently been eaten by mozzies in this internet cafe, so i shall away for now! Ill write agen soon, we are both well.
Then we got to mumbai at about 4.30am and it was 22 degrees, so a slight change in temperature! The weather is hottest around midday, where it reaches the mid 30s, so I have to apply liberal amounts of the ol' sun tan lotion there! We have been exploring mumbai by ourselves really as varun is quite busy with work, but he has taken a couple of days off to entertain us a while, which is ace. We spent most of the first afternoon pootling around the gateway of india and the taj hotel and just relaxing really. 
We went out for a few drinks last night and didnt get back till late (although varun insists that 3am is very early to get from a night out in mumbai). It was quite quiet as it was midweek thats all, but it suited us fine!
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