Bundi (5 nights) - Blog 1 I had been looking forward to Bundi for a while. I had read good things, and heard even better things from fellow travellers. They were not wrong. However, first I had to get there. I had ended up in Jaisalmer in the North West of Rajasthan, and Bundi was in the South East. Therefore, I embarked upon a bit of a mammoth journey in order to find my desert oasis. It began with a train journey from Jaisalmer to Jaipur leaving at 16.30 in t...

Jaisalmer (2 nights) I returned to the desert city via bus from Khuri and managed to find a reliable rickshaw driver (perhaps the only on in India) who took me to hotel area for a good price and without fuss. I fumbled around and got my bearings, compared a few guesthouses and settled on Hotel Swastika! Of course the Swastika has a rather different meaning to that in Europe and I am nearly 100% sure that the grumpy looking, but friendly and helpful, man running ...

Khuri & Camel Safari (3 nights) My plan from Jodpur was to take a train to Jaisalmer and then a bus to the desert village of Khuri. I actually had a pretty smooth and eventless journey from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer. The only minor hitch was finding the guesthouse all locked up and having to sort of break out. However, once I reached Jaisalmer I had a few problems. Firstly I had a bit of a fight to get to use the ATM outside of the train station. The indians cou...

Jodhpur (2 nights) I got up nice and early to check out of my hotel in Pushkar and to get to the bus stand. After discovering that I had to pay more than I thought for my room I was already in a bad mood. When the hotel owner, through which I had ordered my bus, gave my a hand written note and not a proper bus ticket, I nearly lost it. However, the makeshift ticket worked and I was soon sat on the bus with the bag nicely stowed in the boot. The bus was a standa...

Pushkar (3 nights) My night in Jaipur was tormented by a funny tummy. No rushing to the loo, thankfully, but uncomfortable to stop me sleeping properly. In the morning I was so tired that I was tempted to stay on another day, but eventually resolved to just plow onward. I packed up and walked twenty minutes to the bus station. By 13.00 I was on a bus and on my way again. The bus journey was....bumpy! But I coped, and 5 hours later I arrived in Pushkar. The hote...