We arrived yesterday to Udaipur after 3 day journey on bike from Jaisalmer. We stopped for one night in Kuri, one night in Barmer and one night in Disa or Deesa. We saw beautiful landscapes, lots of dead animals on the road and many little villages.

We bought our bike from Pushkar. The bike is registered in Goa so we'll sell it again in Goa. It should be easy to sell, because there are always tourists or Indians who needs one.

From Pushkar we drove to Jodhpur where we stayed only 2 nights. We didn't visit much because we were a bit tired of the journey.

From Jodhpur we drove to Jaisalmer, and it was raining and really cold on the bike. It wasn't so nice anymore…

Jaisalmer was very nice, our hotel was inside the fort, in the Old town. Jaisalmer is actually very small town, or at least the Old town. But it was nice to relax there.

One day we met 2 Indian brothers who wanted to get to know us, (or specially David)… They said they were from the Rasputin cast, (it was the royal cast before) and told us some stories… They told us that Indian men are very emotional and sensitive, and this is something we have noticed.

It's is very strange that you will never see a man and a women to show some kind of attachment to each other, they don't even hold hands. But the men show their emotions with each other. For us it can look really gay, but for them it's really normal to hold hands and touching…

So I was teasing David because the other guy wanted to be his friend and touching him when he spoke…ha!

We left Jaisalmer and our next destination was Udaipur. We stopped first in a little village called Kuri, which is situated in the desert. We slept in a guest house kept by an Indian family who had goats on their backyard. They had 1 week old baby goats, they were like dogs running and jumping around! The food was really good and our host really lovely. We went also to see the sand dunes. It was my first time ever in a desert!

Our next stop was in Barmer. It's really not a tourist place, but at least they had some hotels there. In the hotel we met an Australian guy called Mark, who was also traveling by bike. So with him we left the next morning to other city called Deesa or Disa. On the way to Deesa we stopped many times to ask the way and one time there were 2 boys on the road so I asked them the way and they just looked us weirdly and started running to opposite direction which they came! It was so funny! I wish I didn't scare them or didn't say something I shouldn't. It really depends the way you say the name of the cities. For example Deesa you can say on higher tone or lower and some people understands better when you go higher or lower tone.

I will explain something now in Finnish…

Ton matkan aikana oon nahny monien kylien nimia jotka on suomeksi, esim: Sekhola (h:ta ei lausuta), Kurja… Ja siella on myos juna-asema jonka nimi on Jari Railway Station! Mun faija on kuuluisa!hih!

We have stopped in little villages where tourists won't go often. So when we stop and ask for advice, in 5 minutes there is like 30 persons around us and just watching what are we doing. But people are really nice and always try to help us.

There is just one little thing which causes some problem to me, is when we stop in the middle of nowhere so I can pee, I have to go right away before there is people running at us or stopping with their bike to see what's up. On the road to Jaisalmer there was a lot of military trucks because the city is the nearest big city for Pakistan. So once we stopped so I could pee, of course the same time there was like 10 big military trucks passing by and looking at us! Maybe they haven't ever seen as white ass as I have!! J

One thing which is not so nice is all the dead animals beside the roads. There are so many of them, cows, buffalos, dogs, birds…And the smell is horrible!

Also the way people drive in India is just insane! Everybody wants to be the first and in everywhere. If there's a railway and we have to wait that the train goes by, normally you wait that the gates opens and you stay in line. But in India waiting in line doesn't exist; they all want to be the first to go when the gates open so in the end when the train passes and the gates finally open, you can just imagine the chaos, and many times nobody moves because there is cars, buses, people…everywhere.

Also in India you have to honk/beep before doing anything. In Europe is logic to use your indicators when you turn but in India that doesn't exist. Just honk as much as you can!So you can just imagine the noise is makes specially in the cities…

One time we had to drive for one hour when it was dark, and I think it was the last time also. It's so dangerous. Cars that come from the other side uses their upper headlights and they're so strong that you go blind.

Udaipur

In Udaipur we stayed 5 nights, and I think it was the best city we visited with Jaislamer in Rajasthan. The centre of Udaipur is not too big, you can walk everywhere, even though there's cars and rickshaws everywhere.

There is a lot of things to visit.

There is a lake where in the middle of it, is Lake Palace Hotel, a big luxury hotel. You can go there only if you stay there (but it will cost like 500e/night).

We visited also a temple called Jagdish Temple, a beautiful monument.

It was in Udaipur where a James Bond movie, Octop**** was filmed. Many of the guest houses play the film all day long. We visited a hotel called Shiv Niwas Palace hotel where some scenes of the film were filmed.(KILROY blog is sensuring the films' name..ha!)

One day we took also cooking lessons in our guest house. We learned how to make chapattis (bread), masala chai (spicy tea), Vegetable Pakora (veg snacks fried in oil), dhal fry (veg and lens sauce) and Puri (snacks). It was really good and interesting!

We stayed in a guest house called Pushkar Palace, it's kept by an Indian family. They were so nice with us. The father helped David with the bike, went with him to a garage because there were some minor problems with the bike. Also we had hot water all day long which is very rare. We could shower and wash our clothes whenever!

So if you ever go to Udaipur, we recommend Pushkar Palace!

Tomorrow we'll leave towards Mumbai. We think it's going to take about 3 days to arrive there. First night we stop in Ahmedabad .