Thursday, October 26, 2006
22 October, 2006
We woke up and left for Jodhpur – the blue city. I was not feeling my best and the drive was horrendous at first. The road was plane old bad but it was pretty because we were driving through the Aravelli Mountain Range and there were few places that were inhabited. It was very green and clean. In the wooded valley is Ranakpur (one of India’s biggest and most important Jain Temples) but unfortunately it was closed. We finally got to Jodhpur and it felt like 40 degrees. It was boiling hot and we tried to swallow some Biryani on the rooftop terrace before heading to Meherangarh Fort of which we had a beautiful view from the terrace. We got some audio guides and the tour was wonderful. We really enjoyed it and from the top of the fort one really had a bird’s eye view of this blue city. We then went to smell some spices but because of Diwali the teas were not available to taste. We had dinner in a candle-lit garden and it was excellent. I finally tasted the Masala tea but it was not as good as the Kashmir tea. We tried to fall asleep but it was very difficult because there were fireworks non-stop.
We woke up and left for Jodhpur – the blue city. I was not feeling my best and the drive was horrendous at first. The road was plane old bad but it was pretty because we were driving through the Aravelli Mountain Range and there were few places that were inhabited. It was very green and clean. In the wooded valley is Ranakpur (one of India’s biggest and most important Jain Temples) but unfortunately it was closed. We finally got to Jodhpur and it felt like 40 degrees. It was boiling hot and we tried to swallow some Biryani on the rooftop terrace before heading to Meherangarh Fort of which we had a beautiful view from the terrace. We got some audio guides and the tour was wonderful. We really enjoyed it and from the top of the fort one really had a bird’s eye view of this blue city. We then went to smell some spices but because of Diwali the teas were not available to taste. We had dinner in a candle-lit garden and it was excellent. I finally tasted the Masala tea but it was not as good as the Kashmir tea. We tried to fall asleep but it was very difficult because there were fireworks non-stop.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 10:24 AM 
