Blogs from Kumbalgarh, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Shortish drive to Kumbalgarh (could this be related to the song. ..must find out) but the road equally as bad as the previous one . The villages we passes through all seemed to have a central pump for water and I bet there were not too many toilets around When Modi took over 3 yrs ago 38% had toilets and that is now 68% still leaving 3 or 400 million without. We have several times seeing people do no. 2''s on he side of the road. We arrive at Kumbalgarh and have a nice vegetarian lunch on way in. Our hotel is The Aodhi and superlative would be the description. We have a beautiful room with a big deck overlooking the pool. As we are still a bit ahead of the tourist season we seem to ... read more

07.00 Hours Sunday 11 March Paco and Antonia arrive outside the Kesar Palace and a few minutes later the car arrives and we are on our way. It’s a 2.5 hour drive to the first stop which is Kumbhalgarh Fort. The road is not the best but if we want to see the fort and the Jain temple at Ranakpur then a long day by car is the only. I brought some nankeen (a sort of savoury stick) and we share it as we go. We arrive at the fort and spend the next 3 hours wandering about. After that the driver heads towards Ranakpur, we stop some 20 kilometers before and have a good if overpriced buffet lunch. (It was 6 quid each ) We then set off for Ranakpur. Again we spend a couple ... read more

I always wanted to experience Udaipur and its palaces. Finally sometime last October made a plan with my family to Kumbhalgarh...a very much untouched place. Its most famous for its Fort which streches across 36 kms of the Aravali Mountains and 1100m above sea level. The wall is 2nd biggest wall in the world after The Great Wall of China ( am sure most of us dint knew this ). Well we started this journey by taking a flight to Udaipur..which is 2 hours drive from Kumbhalgarh. We had booked our stay in the Club Mahindra Kumbhalgarh resort. As always I love taking snaps of sky while I fly. Loved the drive from Udaipur airport to the resort. We drive by the so called Aravali Mountains. The resort was amazing one. Not as big as the ... read more

Kumbalgarh on the way from Udaipur to Jodphur... read more

Trusting Gino we drove heigh into the Rajasthan mountains. Although we had no idea where he was taking us we were relieved to leave the cities and mayhem behind. The landscapes dramitically changed from the dusty desert into green farms and mud huts. Little streams flowed through the small communitites while farmers used wooden mills to divert water towards their crops. Children played in the lush green farms without a care in the world while people would often point and stare at the white man passing through their land. As Gino pulled over so I could take a few photos we soon got dragged into a random house by the local children. The children and their family were extremly poor. They had few clothes and posessions, yet they still offered us food and drink. I was ... read more