20th - 23rd march Elephant Festival Well after a long night on the train full of army boys who receive free transport but no allocated seats the carriages were packed. boies everywhere by the time sleep time was here.. Trying to sleep watch your bags and the gypsy people who seem to get on and off as they like through out the night.. I am aware of someone sharing my bunk, trying not to be aggressive I stretch roll over and kick the poor soul from my bed mmhh on...

17th -18th March Jaisalmer Overnight train arrives at 05:30. We are collected from the station and rested in the rooftop restaurant until day break when we can get our first serious caffiene kick.. The guest house also arranges safari's so we are booked ready for tomorrow.. Cant wait.. Today we mooch around the city & the fort it is incredibly hot cant believe tomorrow we will be sitting on a camel in the desert.. The fort is very large with many tourist t...

15th 17th March Jodpur This unfortunately was just a 2 day stop over trying to get in Camel Safari in Jaisalmer and Jaipur for the Elephant festival & Holy Week... However Jodpur I loved The blue city Growing out of a rocky ridge. The old city surrouded by the city wall. You have to walk through the street of many markets and locals sitting on their door steps just passing the day. The fort is very spread out to get the best of it. I had to use one of tho...

11th 14th March Mt Abu. 6hrs on a very noisy bus again.!! However it is always great fun!! Never know what going to happen as we are climbing the last mountain range. Black face apes are all over the road, The lady behind us throws out her unwanted chapatti straight into the face of an over taking motorcyclist much to everyone laughter on the bus the cyclist can only stop and feed the apes. It can only happen in India!! Mt Abu is the only hill station in Rajast...

8th 11th march Udaipur Yeah I was right back into the city of noise & pollution sore throat & runny noses. but thats OK thats only a small penalty to pay. The city palace was worth stopping for: We were making our way to Mount Abu the only hill station in Rajasthan.. The palace has so much wealth of gold & glitter you can just feel the presence of the Raj in his lifestyle. Next stop Mt Abu