Arrived in Jodhpur at 4am with no idea where we were going or where we were going to stay. We asked to be dropped off at the clock tower with the intention of finding our own room, but as absolutely nothing was open, we wre a bit stuck. Luckily a lady arrived to try and convince us to stay at her guest house called Heaven. Usually we would be dubious, but had little choice so went to have a look. It turned out to be one of the nicest places we've stayed, with...

Arrived in Jodhpur at 4am with no idea where we were going or where we were going to stay. We asked to be dropped off at the clock tower with the intention of finding our own room, but as absolutely nothing was open, we wre a bit stuck. Luckily a lady arrived to try and convince us to stay at her guest house called Heaven. Usually we would be dubious, but had little choice so went to have a look. It turned out to be one of the nicest places we've stayed, with...

Arrived here with Ziat, Sebastian, Linda and Ferri - all looking for a place to stay! The other 2 couples checked-in to Jag Niwas hotel - very nice, much better than our attempt! So after an afternoon of bagage storage, James went back to get our bags so we could change hotels! He came back grinning from cheek to cheek - something had happened! The owner of the hotel had tried to charge 3/4 of the room rate (only about 1 pound but it was the principle!) and Jame...

Arrived in Mt Abu - a small village set in the mountains, located at the highest point in Rajasthan - where we stayed for 2 nights. Stayed in a hotel perfect for backpackers where we could get good food, beer, and sit around fires at night. We ventured into the village on arrival to see some guy being carted around in some chariot type thing, surrounded by dancers and people throwing petals and garlands at him. Never did find out who he was, but after several con...

Arrived here from Kenya at 2am... so it wasn't as intense as our last arrival in India! The number of people trying to con us/rip us off had quadrupled though!!We'd spent 45 minutes with the guy at customs because there was something wrong with our Yellow Fever certificates!! We never found out what it was, but we were ok!! Had booked our first night here with STA about 3 months ago... and of course the hotel had no idea who we were/ why we were at thei...