Jaisalmer:
We had a pretty horrendous (1200km) journey from Rishikesh to Jaisalmer which consisted of a seven hour bus to Dehli, immediately followed by a 17 hour train. It always amazes me how in India you can start a journey in one place (in the hills, along the Ganges) and end up somewhere completely different (the middle of the desert)! In Jaisalmer we did a camel safari, which was an amazing experience, but not something I think I will do again. It was incredible to spent the day riding through the desert with nobody else for miles around, but oh my goodness, the camels were so uncomfortable! My bum was sore for days afterwards. It was so much fun sleeping on the sand dunes under the stars, but there were quite a lot of insects crawling around! It was such a good experience, and I'm so glad we did it. I also got head butted by a cow in Jaisalmer which has made me a lot more wary of cows on the streets. I used to think they were very calm and peaceful but apparently not!
Jodhpur:
We spent quite a few days in Jodhpur and I'm not really sure why because we didn't do very much! Unfortunately Ellie's camera broke so we spent quite a bit of time in a Sony shop. We went to the City Palace which was beautiful and really interesting, and we also did a zip wire course around the fort which was really good fun! Jodhpur was a really nice place to visit; the 'blue city' was very pretty!
Pushkar:
Pushkar is supposed to be a traveller haven but sadly when we were there it was pretty empty of tourists. It did have a good market where we did some present shopping, and we found a hotel with a pool and paid to use it for the day! There is also a lake in Pushkar but our only experience of that was being dragged down to the edge by religious men who made us chant and then preceded to demand money from us and threatened us with bad karma. One night we were eating falafel wraps and mars bars nutella pancakes at a street stall and there was a massive thunder storm! There were massive hail stones and all the drains overflowed so the streets were completely flooded (probably with sewage). It was so funny trying to get back to our guest house while avoiding the water! It didn't work - we got soaked.
Udaipur:
I really liked Udaipur, it was one of my favourite places in Rajasthan! It was really beautiful with a massive lake and hills all around. This is where the James Bond film, Octopussy, was filmed so every restaurant plays the movie at seven o'clock every night haha! We watched it on our first night and I actually enjoyed my first James Bond film. We took a boat trip out to a hotel in the middle of the lake (where James Bond stayed and where Shakira got married last summer) which was very nice! We also did a painting class and a cooking class. The family we did the cooking lesson with were really lovely and had adorable twin girls. Hopefully I will be able to repeat some of the curries when I get home! Due to Martha being a massive Arsenal fan, we also watched the FA Cup final in Udaipur!
We had a pretty horrendous (1200km) journey from Rishikesh to Jaisalmer which consisted of a seven hour bus to Dehli, immediately followed by a 17 hour train. It always amazes me how in India you can start a journey in one place (in the hills, along the Ganges) and end up somewhere completely different (the middle of the desert)! In Jaisalmer we did a camel safari, which was an amazing experience, but not something I think I will do again. It was incredible to spent the day riding through the desert with nobody else for miles around, but oh my goodness, the camels were so uncomfortable! My bum was sore for days afterwards. It was so much fun sleeping on the sand dunes under the stars, but there were quite a lot of insects crawling around! It was such a good experience, and I'm so glad we did it. I also got head butted by a cow in Jaisalmer which has made me a lot more wary of cows on the streets. I used to think they were very calm and peaceful but apparently not!
Jodhpur:
We spent quite a few days in Jodhpur and I'm not really sure why because we didn't do very much! Unfortunately Ellie's camera broke so we spent quite a bit of time in a Sony shop. We went to the City Palace which was beautiful and really interesting, and we also did a zip wire course around the fort which was really good fun! Jodhpur was a really nice place to visit; the 'blue city' was very pretty!
Pushkar:
Pushkar is supposed to be a traveller haven but sadly when we were there it was pretty empty of tourists. It did have a good market where we did some present shopping, and we found a hotel with a pool and paid to use it for the day! There is also a lake in Pushkar but our only experience of that was being dragged down to the edge by religious men who made us chant and then preceded to demand money from us and threatened us with bad karma. One night we were eating falafel wraps and mars bars nutella pancakes at a street stall and there was a massive thunder storm! There were massive hail stones and all the drains overflowed so the streets were completely flooded (probably with sewage). It was so funny trying to get back to our guest house while avoiding the water! It didn't work - we got soaked.
Udaipur:
I really liked Udaipur, it was one of my favourite places in Rajasthan! It was really beautiful with a massive lake and hills all around. This is where the James Bond film, Octopussy, was filmed so every restaurant plays the movie at seven o'clock every night haha! We watched it on our first night and I actually enjoyed my first James Bond film. We took a boat trip out to a hotel in the middle of the lake (where James Bond stayed and where Shakira got married last summer) which was very nice! We also did a painting class and a cooking class. The family we did the cooking lesson with were really lovely and had adorable twin girls. Hopefully I will be able to repeat some of the curries when I get home! Due to Martha being a massive Arsenal fan, we also watched the FA Cup final in Udaipur!
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