Everyone warned us before we went that we shouldn´t expect trains to run on time. We had been lucky with the first two trains, although the first two trains left on time they did arrive 30 mins late. We were not so lucky with our train to Jodhpur from Agra Fort. It left almost 4 hours, which meant instead of arriving at 6 in the morning we finally got to our hotel at 10.

We stayed at the Kothi Heritage Hotel, which although was not in the centre was an amazing hotel with lovely big rooms and a refreshing mango drink and flowers upon arrival is most welcoming.

After a quick shower and change we jumped in a tuk tuk for 600 rupees to take us around for the day. The first stop being the impressive Mehrangarh Fort. It is a bit steep to enter both in price and the walk although there is a lift that takes you to the top but since the audio guide is included in the price of the ticket you would miss out on some of the stops taking the lift, so we chose to walk.

You get a great view of the city below, which is named the blue city as many of the houses have been painted blue. Also you learn about the history and the meaning behind the hands on the main entrance. You can enter a certain way without a ticket but it is worth the money to enter into the museum.

After spending a good hour and a half there if not more, we jumped back in the tuk tuk for the short ride to Jaswant Thada, which is a marble monument located near the fort and offers great views. The problem with both the fort and the memorial is the extra cost to use your camera, it isn´t a lot but it all adds up.

We then went to Umaid Bhawan Palace, which is a museum within the palace where the royal family continue to live. Part of it is also a hotel, but sure it was out of Javi and I´s budget. The museum is good, as is the collection of cars that are on display.

One last stop before heading back to the hotel, and that was the centre of the city. Surrounding the clock tower are many markets and stalls where you can purchase silk shawls or different spices. Tuk Tuk drivers always try to get you into their shops which they all seem to own, or their brother or other family member owns. The worst case of this was in Agra, where the driver took us to where they make marble, also jewellery shops in the end we had to insist that we did not want to go to any more. Here, in Jodhpur the driver took us to his spice shop, which actually wasn´t bad, and cheaper than we had be quoted before.

We decided to eat in the hotel that night, since neither us we felt like heading back into the centre once we had been dropped off. The food was ok, nothing exceptional.

The next day we went our first local bus on an hour and a half journey to Osian. Although the bus station was a bit confusing, our tuk tuk driver had kindly come in with us and helped us purchase the tickets. They were cheap, but oddly different prices. Not sure who paid less, Javi or I but we managed to get there. Once there, we had a few problems getting to Reggie´s camal camp, which many of the locals didn´t know of, but eventually got there after argueing a bit over the price and having to walk a little due to tuk tuks not doing well in sand. We made it to our glamping site.

Javi had been apprehensive about going camping but there was no need, one as there are no snakes, which he had been very worried about and secondly the tent is nothing like what you would expect when camping. A tent there, is like no tent I´d ever been in before, with a proper bed and running water in the shower and toilet, also with carpet and wooden furniture it was a home away from home. What made Reggie´s even better was the service, being the only people at the camp we had the swimming pool, the camels and service to ourselves.

We took a camel ride at sunset for about 45 minutes to the dunes that are next to the camp. This was included in the price agreed on before arriving, as was lunch upon arrival, dinner that night and breakfast. All of which were lovely and with many different varieties of Indian food at least five different dishes as well as rice and nann left us feeling very full after lunch and dinner. The only thing we had to pay for after that wasn´t included in the 200 dollars were the drinks, but these were very reasonably priced.

Before catching the bus back to Jodhpur we visited the temples in the centre of Osian. Osian isn´t a common stop over for tourists as the Thar Desert isn´t the most well known in the area, but there are two temples worth visiting if you are in the area. The first we went to was the Sachiya Mata Temple, where we had to queue to get in. Many men and less women walked around the temple which is a pretty temple with impressive carvings on the walls. There are some smaller ruins near the bus stop call the mahavira temple which we also visited but the hoards of poor people harassing us like nowhere else put us off spending too long there.

As we were waiting for the bus, we saw one that was so full that people were sitting on the roof, glad we weren´t catching that one. In the end, since it was offered, we caught a private car back to Jodhpur with some other Indian men, which was a little more expensive but much more comfortable than the local bus which we had arrived on.

The rest of the day was spent at the hotel where we had left our backpacks the previous day. We have been incredibly lucky with hotels, in Varanasi they let us check in early and check out late so we could go fresh to catch our train. In Agra they let us use the swimming pool even once we had checked out, and here in the kothi heritage they, free of charge, gave us a room for the rest of the day so we could have a nap and shower whilst we were waiting. We obviously left them a nice tip, and good reviews on booking.com, but a fantastic hotel providing much more than was expected.

Train to Jaipur now, hopefully not with a 4 hour delay.