Jodhpur and the Road to Udaipur
Travel Blog | February 15, 2013 | 4 Comments
Jodhpur – The Blue City It was a long drive to Jodhpur, our second to last destination in Rajasthan, before waving off our driver. The three restful days in Jaisalmer and our separation from each other had allowed driver and passenger relations to be restored to more friendly less tense mood levels. So we set off […]
Jaisalmer Desert Camel Safari
Travel Blog | February 12, 2013 | 7 Comments
Three Men, Three Camels and No Wisdom There are a multitude of choices for your Jaisalmer desert camel safari. You can trek for days deep into the desert, sleep under the stars with a few blankets without a tent, sleep in a basic tent or even in the luxury of semi-permanent tent in a desert […]
India Driving Tour: Jaisalmer
Travel Blog | February 8, 2013 | 2 Comments
Our India driving tour of Rajasthan was entering its final leg with a three day visit to Jaisalmer and a search for a camel safari. The Road to Jaisalmer We had decided the night before, after doing some on-line research, that we were not happy with the driver’s recommendation and outline costs (2,500Rp.) for the desert safari […]
Our Route from Mandawa to Bikaner
Travel Blog | February 5, 2013 | 2 Comments
Driving from Mandawa to Bikaner The journey from Mandawa to Bikaner is listed as taking just over 3 hours, at around 188km, but with a few detours to some sights along the way we arrived six hours after we departed. We had left Mandawa at 9am that morning, and on arrival in the city, […]
Mandawa calms on our Rajasthan Road Trip
Travel Blog | February 2, 2013 | 0 Comments
We left the lovely Pushkar after our breakfast and set out towards Mandawa, this was going to be one of the longer travelling days on this trip at six hours. The journey though is full of sights though as a great deal of it is away from the main highways and you travel through great little villages […]
Pushkar: Not A Perfectly Peaceful Place
Travel Blog | January 29, 2013 | 6 Comments
Pushkar – Another Holy City We left Jaipur to start a whistle stop tour to three different Rajasthan towns over the next three days. The first was to be Pushkar one of India’s most holy cities. If I had to describe Pushkar in comparison to other Indian places we have visited I would say it […]
India Travel: Things to do in Jaipur
Travel Blog | January 28, 2013 | 1 Comments
Day four of our Rajasthan tour was going to be a slow day, and all we had on the agenda was a visit to the City Palace and the Albert Museum (or Albert Hall as it is known in some guides). We planned to spend the rest of the day doing some chores. Here is […]
Incredible India: Rajasthan Tour of Jaipur
Travel Blog | January 25, 2013 | 12 Comments
More Hotel Problems, this time in Jaipur We were up and out after our excellent buffet breakfast at the three star hotel we’d chosen the night before, to start our Rajasthan tour of Jaipur. Our Jaipur hotel is definitely a much higher specification hotel than we’re used to staying in, but all is not well. We’d settled on […]
Rajasthan Road Trip: Fatehpur Sikri
Travel Blog | January 19, 2013 | 5 Comments
Rajasthan Road Trip – Day Two of our Two Week Driving Itinerary We awoke refreshed and exhilarated after our one night stop and driving tour of Agra. The second day started with something of a storm. Not the weather but a man made one created by John. The evening before our driver told us that the driver […]
Rajasthan Car and Driver – Agra
Travel Blog | January 15, 2013 | 5 Comments
This is the first post in a series, sharing our experience of what is it like to hire a Rajasthan car and driver to get you around the most regal of Indian states. The start of our driving journey takes us to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. We arrived in New Delhi at 06:50 hrs on […]