Blogs from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 15

A long day with our driver travelling across the countryside of Rajasthan to our hotel in Rohet, just outside Jodhpur. What a journey. In the morning stopped to visit the Kumbhalgarth Fort which is a massive 15th century structure set high on remote hills and has been the most impregnable fort in the area. In the afternoon we stopped a the Adinath Temple at Ranak;pur. The 15th century temple complext is one of the 5 great holy places of the Jain faith. Eventually arrived at our hotel at about 7.00 pm to a very warm welcome and great excitement as they were waiting to tell us that we had been allocated the smartest suite in the hotel. It is a great space of a suite with a 10' wide bed, a mezzanine floor with a sitting ... read more

Namaste everyone, This is the little bit of Hindi that we have picked up- luckily it can be used to say hello and goodbye making life a lot easier. Our last blog was from Pushkar, which seems like a long time ago now (just over a week). Since then we have been to Udaipur and are now in Jodhpur - going to get our overnight train in about an hour to Jaisalmer. Well we arrived in Udaipur just as the sun was rising on the 10th January (my birthday). The journey from Pushkar was the best so far, the train was only 40 minutes late and we had comfy seats and slept for most of the journey- someone was smiling on us! We found a lovely hostel with amazing views from the rooftop over the lake ... read more

den zuegen haben wir nicht vertraut, also haben wir gegen mittag einen bus richtung jodhpur genommen. nach ca sechs stunden fahrt sind wir in der "blauen stadt" angekommen und sind erst mal durch die gegend gestrahlt um ein hotel zu finden. liebenswerter weise hat uns unser riksha fahrer natuerlich erst mal nicht da hingefahren wo wir hinwollten, sondern zu seinem hotel. aber durch die hilfe eines dutch man haben wir dann doch noch ein richt schickes und preiswertes hotel gefunden. das highlight war unserer meinung nach das bad: wir hatten nur eine rote gluehbirne...was uns ein sehr entspanntes duschfeeling vermittelt hat. da wir beide nicht so ganz auf dem hoehepunkt unserer gesundheit waren haben wir uns auf dem dachrestaurant verkoestigt und sind danach ins bett verschwunden...das wir bis mittag des naechsten tages nicht wieder verlassen haben. ... read more

We liked Jodhpur from the moment we arrived; the streets were bustling (even more than normal due to a festival), the blue houses looked really awesome and there were cows everywhere. After checking into our (very well located) hotel and we ordered lunch on their rooftop which overlooks many of the major sites including the clock tower, Mehrangarh Fort and Umaid Bhawan Palace (the current Maharajahs house) as well as lots of blue buildings. After a huge lunch we set off to explore the streets on foot. It seemed as if a lot of people from non-touristy areas had come to town to enjoy the festival as people were calling out hello and shaking our hands constantly. Eventually we made it to the clock tower, grabbed some lassi’s and set about the tough task of people ... read more

The journey continues…the terrain and roadside villages are much the same almost until we reach Jodhpur, although it becomes increasingly stony and undulating with low ridges of sandstone. The soil is still the sandy loam, marginal desert scattered with small shrubs and plants and the ever ubiquitous Khergli tree (prospero acacia) that the camels and goats love (but apparently not the chingkera antelopes. We have seen quite a few of these, particularly between Jodphur and Rohetgarh. The entrance to Jodhpur heralds an oasis city - or at least the presence of more water - more dense shrubbery, green trees and gardens. The old city is surrounded by a 9.5 km wall. The skyline is dominated by escarpments on 3 sides with the town below. On the escarpments sit some very impressive buildings, - the Meterangarh (majestic) ... read more