Sun 6/5/12 Today we drove to Jaipur (Pink City) which is the capital of Rajasthan. After lunch we both went for a massage, Cam got a really good massage from the owner of the place but I didn't think mine was the great! The one in Africa was much much better! I got some henna after the massage which was interesting, it took the lady hardly anytime to do the design on my arm. We went back to the hotel afterwards as the henna had to be left on for 2 hrs. It was a ...

Sat 5/5/12 After a nice relaxing day we did a trek up a 324m vertical hill to the Saraswati Temple. It was meant to take 1 hour but we did it in 30 minutes. Nearly died by the time we got to the top. It was well worth it for the stunning views of the city. The walk down was much more enjoyable!lol.

Fri 4/5/12 (Today) Today was one of the worst drives we have had so far in India!! Started with a bus overtaking us far too close (our driver got out and we can only imagine what was said to the bus driver!lol), watched an overloaded truck ahead of us nearly hit another truck when it was stupidly overtaking and then another taxi scratched our car by trying to go past us in a traffic jam. Not watching the road is far better for my health! The driving here really ...

Thu 3/5/12 After checking out of our hotel we had an hr to kill before the Jain Temples opened so we stopped at a traditional weaving place. We got to see how they made the rugs and even have a shot ourselves. Its amazing how they can make whole rugs from memory without making any mistakes! We visited two of the Jain temples, the main temple, Chaumukha Mandir being our favourite, it was huge with 1444 individually carved pillars throughout. On our way to Udaipur...

Wed 2/5/12 We opted to leave busy Jodhpur for the quieter mountain village of Ranakpur. It was a completely different landscape than we were used to in India, mountains, trees and lakes. In the late afternoon when it was a bit (and just a bit) cooler we walked from our hotel, through the forest and hills to the Jain Temple Complex which is one of the biggest and most important in India. It was too late to go inside the temples but it was a lovely walk. We spent ...