Blogs from Bundi, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 2

05.00 Hours Friday 16 March 17, 2012 Up at 05.00 to get ready for the rick driver to pick me up and take me to the state bus stand. He arrives at 05.30 as booked. 50 rups to the bus stand which is half way to the railway station , which when I came it only cost 25 rups but I suppose all is good as the poor man has got out of bed for 70p at this ungodly hour. It’s a cool ride to the bus stand and it’s pitch dark I go over to where everyone is standing and see a man who looks like he might be in charge. I show him my piece of paper with my 2 bus options. I am after the 06.10 nonstop to Jaipur some 170 miles north. ... read more

07.00 Hours Thursday 15 March The last thing I did yesterday before the tiredness got the better of me was sort my bus ticket out for the trip to Jaipur. I need to leave Bundi early Friday morning as it is another 6 hours ride. As I am on the way back to the Shivam I stop to use the internet and chat to the owner John. I spot a small handmade map and it is of a trip he does. I wanted to get out of the town and it looked like a chance to see a bit of the countryside. 600 Rups for 4 hours is ok soam in. I take a photo of John on the bike and off we go. We travel north of Bundi and stop at a potters house. They ... read more

Hello ! J'en avais marre de me poser autant de pourquoi-ci, pourquoi-ça, donc j'ai cherché le patati et le patata, en débutant par les ornements et vêtements féminins ! Parcontre, je n'ai pas encore de photos à l'appui, les sujets n'étant pas des objets ou bâtiments... Le Tilak et le Bindi, ou ce que l’on nomme affectueusement le ‘’point dans le front’’. Le tilak symbolise le troisième œil de Shiva. Il se positionne sur le front, à l'emplacement du sixième chakra dans lequel résident les facultés psychiques. Traditionnellement, il a pour fonction d’empêcher les bonnes énergies de sortir du corps. Pour l’homme, il indique l'appartenance à un groupe religieux, étant souvent de la couleur rouge, orange ou blanc. Pour la femme, il s’agit souvent du bindi, tiré du mot sanscrit ‘’bindu’’ qui signifie ‘’la goutte’’. Sa ... read more

Geo: 25.4417, 75.6417Our driver picked us up at 9am sharp and we headed to Bundi by way of Chittagargh. The road is very rough so the travel is very slow going. Now that we have been to Bundi, not sure we would recommend doing this. It is interesting but not so different from other places to spend the time and money to get here.The fort (gargh) at Chittor is considered the greatest in Rajasthan and while we like Menagargh better (Jodhpur), it is well worth a visit if you are in this part of India. The fort is an odd mixture of walls and watch or battle towers and peaceful temples along with the Tower of Victory which has 147 steps to the top. The fort dates back to the 8th century and in 1303 it ... read more

We've let the blogging go off the boil a bit but have kept on full steam traveling North and we've seen a lot. From the beaches of northern Karnataka and Goa where the accommodation is cheap, the beer cheaper still and the warm sea, perfect sand and over-relaxed atmosphere made us lose the best part of two weeks we headed to Hampi which is the nearest you can get to playing real life Indiana Jones (me) and Shorty (Alice) "hold on to your potatoes Dr Jones!". We then headed further north into Maharashtra where the tourists disappeared it got decidedly less relaxed and we had two joyous nights battling bedbugs and shouty neighbours. We made it to Mumbai which was far calmer and more ordered than we could have hoped, stocked up on aircon, McDonalds and ... read more