Jodhpur – a great fort, not much else

Visited the fort which sits on a 130m/400ft rock outcropping above the blue-painted city. The entrance fee (Rs250/$6.25) includes a great electronic audio guide which has just the right amount of info! Very interesting, and well worth the visit! Not much else to see here; the marketplace is so-so. There is a living maharaja’s palace visible … Continue reading Jodhpur – a great fort, not much else

Bikaner overnight camel safari and nearby rat temple

(sorry, power outage kept it short; now at my next stop, there is no USB port and the Internet is slow) Surprisingly the 6-hour day train from Jodhpur to Bikaner was on time (within 3 minutes, which is as “on time” as can be). Through scrubby desert from one desert town to another. Hot and … Continue reading Bikaner overnight camel safari and nearby rat temple

Agra – no Taj Majal for you!

Well, my 12-hour night train was 4 hours late this morning, so I didn’t arrive in time for sunrise (one of the better, less crowded times to see the Taj Majal). More importantly, as a group of Korean women on the train (who gave me some of their dinner last night, as they had too … Continue reading Agra – no Taj Majal for you!