Namaste Well we have managed to stay in the same place for 2 days and are still in Jodphur!! Today we took in the sights of the city with Raju, from just about everywhere in the city you can see the Meherangarh Fort which is huge and looks impressive from a distance so we couldn't wait to get inside for a look around. We would have to wait for at least 45 minutes as we made a stop at Jaswant Thada, built from milky marble as a memorial to a Maharajah by his wif...

Namaste As you can see we are now in Jodphur, the place where the riding pants were invented but we have only just arrived so let me fill you on yesterdays adventures. In the morning our guide met us and took us around the city, we visited various things including the artificial lake built in the 1400's and the gate that you have to enter that was built by a local prostitute who had a statue of Shiva put in there so the Raj could not pull it down!!! From here ...

Namaste It's coming thick and fast here in India,and as I opened the shutters to our room this morning the sun burst in and lit up the whole room signalling another day. We had a lot of ground to cover today to get to Jaisalmer near the Pakistan border and in the Thar desert. It is 320km from Bikaner but the roads are not the best here so everyhting takes time. Phuldi was our first stop today to look at the migrating Siberian cranes that spend 6 months of the ...

Namaste It's coming thick and fast here in India, and as I opened the shutters to our room this morning the sun burst in and lit up the whole room signalling another day. We had a lot of ground to cover today to get to Jaisalmer near the Pakistan border and in the Thar desert. It is 320km from Bikaner but the roads are not the best here so everyhting takes time. Phuldi was our first stop today to look at the migrating Siberian cranes that spend 6 months of the...

Namaste Well here we are in India and the place is MAD in a good way!! Our flight from South Korea was very noisy and we didn't get much sleep but landed in Delhi on time. It then took us just over 1 hour to clear immigation. When we turned the corner after collecting our bags it dawned on us what a good idea it was to get an airport pick up it was total mayhem!!! After a short sleep at the hotel we got down to business and tried to sort out our next move. As ...