Namaste from Rajasthan! We reluctantly left Goa last Saturday and flew via Mumbai to Jodhpur - the 'blue city' of Rajasthan. It's called the blue city as the houses are painted blue which was historically the colour of the Brahmins or priestly cast in Indian society. Today it attracts the tourists and keeps the mosquitos away. As well as the blue houses, Jodhpur is famous for it's fort - Mehrangarh Fort which sits above the town. We spent 2 hours going round it ...

Sorry it's been a while since our last update. We had Christmas in Namibia and New Year in South Africa then on to Cape Town for a few days where our Africa trip officially ended. Said goodbye to some fond new friends. Cape Town was great and we hired a car to drive up the Cape Peninsula to Cape of Good Hope. Lots of groovy little towns along the way up the Cape - felt like driving around Newquay! very westernised after the rest of Africa. We stayed on the truck ...