Blogs from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia
March 20th 2012
08.30 Hours Monday 19 March I take a rick to the Falcon Guesthouse and arrive to find the owners in the garden having breakfast. I also have a great breakfast, and then I am given the choice of rooms. I chose the cooler one the owner recommends. I have a cold shower (In some places it’s hot and in some it’s not, I just get on with it.) Anyway who asks for Hot water in a country where there is no cold water!!!!!! I decide to go to the Fatehpur Sikri the deserted city of Akbar some 15 miles down the road. It’s on the same road I came on this morning so I walk round to the bus stop and jump the bus for 20 Rups. I get out at FS and walk across the ... read more
January 30th 2011
Jamie here, Thought we'd try fit in all these different places into one as they are smaller and to keep it interesting! Spent a good deal of time on buses to and from all these places which has been eventful! On one bus between Pushkar and a bus station in a city called Ajmer I ended up having a big argument with the bus conductor who was trying to grossly overcharge us for having bags, which was in hindsight, quite funny. Pushkar seems to be a hippy paradise (especially for Australians and Kiwis); most of the shops seemed like they were from Glastonbury, and in fact a lot of the clothes sold at Glastonbury were made there! Meat, eggs and Alcohol were banned in the town because it had a special temple and lake for the ... read more
November 18th 2009
The five hour ride from Jaipur to Bharatpur was a largely uneventful trip, in yet another rattle trap of a local bus. The landscape remained relatively unchanged from the previous several days, until we neared Bharatpur, where it became a little more lush, but not as lush as one would expect for a town on the edge of a National Park that is a large bird sanctuary. I had bought the Times of India newspaper to read on the bus and happened to be a large article saying how the drought had left the Bharatpur wetlands bone dry and the birds had not come this year. Bharatpur itself is quite a small town and really exists to serve the tourists that flock (sorry about the pun) every year to see the migratory birds that nest here ... read more
October 31st 2009
Hi all, If there is one bit of travel advice i can give to you all its this... don't eat anywhere the rough guide recommends! Myself and Jud did this in Agra at our own peril! It ended with us spending 24 hours with food poisoning, which didnt help considering we had to endure a bus journey. We have spent the last few days in Bharatpur which has a famous national park; we have spent today wandering around the park which is supposed to be a wetland (although not very wet because of the ten year drought Rajastan has been having, climate change!). We actually saw a fair bit though including numerous birds, jackals, deer and a shit load of cows! Anyway we move onto Jaipur the day after tomorrow,hope all is well back home! Jack ... read more
October 30th 2009
Day 13 - Bharatpur - Jaipur An early morning start saw us catch cycle rickshaws to the Bharatpur Bird Sancturary which actually was a little further from the hotel than we thought. The rickshaw riders looked like they were struggling a little but we guessed they must be used to it, although a Chris Hoy in the making they are not. The bird park was good and we spotted loads of different types of birds including Serpent Eagles, Owls, Cattle eagrets, Kingfishers, wagtails, drongos and much more. We were also told about a part of the monestary where a monk lived where he feeds the local soft shelled turtle population and were asked would we like to go for a look, so excitedly we agreed and set off towards a small building within the park. Once ... read more
January 10th 2009
Leaving Jaipur we traveled on towards Bharatpur. This was the first day we experienced cold cloudy weather - about nine degrees. It's crazy how quickly we've gotten used to midday temperatures in the early twenties and sunshine. Today we felt chilled to the bone. Bharatpur is home to the World Heritage listed Keoladeo Bird Park and not much else. So we hired a cycle rickshaw and the driver was our guide for the afternoon. Our guide was amazing - he was able to pick out birds that were camouflaged against trees. Even with him pointing them out to us, it took us a brave while to spot them. On return to the hotel we had a quick game of table tennis. A hilarious experience as Vin ignored the table for the most part! ... read more
Day 23 - Fatehpur Sikri and Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary
Published: October 4th 2009Asia » India » Rajasthan » Bharatpur
October 6th 2008
So glad to leave Agra and the horrid sweat box behind - did not get a good sleep at all! The shower was sparse at best and Sarah ended up with a bug on her leg. But anyway, it's in the past and we are in a lovely - and brand new - room in a nice hotel. Not a great journey. The first bus from Agra was full and when the next arrived (30m late of course) it was a mad pushy scramble to get on and get a seat. Super tired so was feeling crabbit but trying not to be outwardly so. Got some heavy angry music on my ipod and turned it up loud and also played some solitaire to pass the time. We were not at our final destination when we got ... read more
September 21st 2008
Friday we rode a public bus for a couple hours to Jaipur, our second largest city so far after Delhi. We're staying at the Jaipur Inn, and, get this: we have a bathtub which means that the shower is separate from the rest of the bathroom! So the whole floor doesn't get soaked when we take a shower! Amazing! The hotel is quite nice. The restaurant has good food but it takes 10 hours to make! After lunch we went to Raj Mandir to watch a Bollywood movie. The theater was really nice inside but we weren't allowed to take pictures. We watched Singh is Kinnng. It was a typical Bollywood movie with lots of singing and dancing. No subtitles but we could get the general idea. There seemed to be a lot of funny parts ... read more
May 26th 2008
Bharatpur is a very convenient weekend getaway destination from Delhi. We managed to combine it with a very pleasant trip to bharatpur and Agra within one weekend. Bharatpur was a chance destination as we left delhi on August 14th for Sariska, only to reach there and discover that the sanctuary was closed for the season. Unfortunately correct and sufficient information regarding the timimgs is not available on the internet either. From Sariska to Bharatpur took more time than we had anticipated. The roads are under construction, and therefore the drive is slow. We reached late in the evening, checked into our guest house. There are plenty of hotels at reasonable rates within a walking distance from the sanctuary. Although the winter season is the peak time, we were told that this year has been bad in ... read more
April 9th 2008
Some photos for you lot , yes I have been to so many places now I need to get them on here . India well this side is lovely dusty , we took a train to Jaiselmer and it was a day train the funny thing was the fans did not work so we had the windows open and what do you know your covered in brown sand ahhhhhhhhhhhhh thank god We did not have showers before leaving , and jumped in when we got to the hotel ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh . Shopping in Ragistan , well as you all know you have to barter but , the trick is to leave the shop , even if you dont want anything they are shouting at you , have to ignore it all and just not look , head ... read more
