Our arrival in Jaisalmer didn't go quite to plan. We arrived at our supposed hotel and it was a complete flea pit! Now maybe we had just been a bit spoiled with our previous few hotels....but this one was awful. I had trouble trying to work out whether it was in fact a hotel. It looked like a building site. Dirt everywhere, no apparent reception. Our room hadn't even been cleaned since the previous occupants. They hadn't even put any effort into trying to pretent...

We spent one night in Jodhpur, but was definitely worth visiting if not only for the incredible Meherangarh Fort. It is an amazing fort which stands above the city on a huge rock. The Rough Guide to India describes it perfectly as 'the epitome of Rajput power and extravagance, its ramparts towering a labyrinthine, blue-painted old city'. Now by the time we arrived in Jodphur we had visited a great number of forts... but I've got to say this one one is pretty damn...

The next 2 days were spent in Udaipur. The main site here was the City Palace which was quite spectacular. There was so much detail put into everything and there were nice views from the windows. It had been converted into a museum so it was very interesting to see and read about the history of Udaipur. After our visit to the City Palace we took a walk round the busy streets of Udaipur browsing some of the clothes stalls. It was very crowded and at one point we g...

In Pushkar we had time to relax which was a bit of a relief as we had been doing a LOT of sightseeing! It was nice to discover that our room had a balcony...so for much of the afternoon we made good use of it and for the first time in our trip sat out in the sun undisturbed. Later we took a walk through the bazaar. It was only a short walk away from our hotel which was nice as it meant we could go in our own time with no need to be escorted back and forth by out ...

We left Agra to begin our tour round Rajahstan. The long drive from Agra to Jaipur was far from boring as there was so much to see along the way. I've got to say one of my favourite things about this part of India is the monkeys. They run around everywhere and are so tame. Our first stop in Jaipur was the Monkey Palace. It was really interesting to see and got its name from the large number of monkeys running around the premises (quite obvious really). That day w...