The Long Drive to Jodphur

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We left Bikaner to make the 6 hour drive to Jodhpor that took us through rural communities, desolate desert, mountains and agricultural regions. We saw herds of cattle, buffalo, goats, camels, monkeys and even some bats.

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Photos

Making Friends
Our fancy hotel had a pen of cattle behind the rooms! We gave the owner a purple halter.

Taking a Dip
The locals are bundled up in winter coats while Kyle is swiimming!

Hello Little One
In the mountains, the monkeys were very well versed in begging. We even saw a couple of monkeys standing on a bus and jumping on the windows!

Comments

[Christine Crenshaw]

Jodphur, India and jodphur trouser style
Recall that Dad was wearing jodphur trousers in his photograph with his Denver Grand Champion? Well, I wondered if there might be a relationship between the name and the city of Jodphur, India. There is! I pulled the following from Wikipedia, "...They originate from an ancient style of Indian trouser called the Churidar, which is tight around the calf and baggy at the hips, still worn at traditional Jodhpury weddings.[2] This is a special traditional style of clothing in Northern India, especially in what is today the modern state of Rajasthan, which has its capital at the city of Jaipur. Sir Pratap Singh, a younger son of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, popularised in England the style of riding-trousers worn in Jodhpur, a design that he apparently improved and perfected by himself and first tailored in India about 1890.[3][4]"

[Rebecca]

Who built the wall?
Very cool.