Wat.A.Time

My trip was awhile back but the memories of it are still bright in my mind. To those who wanna do it own their own... be warned, it's hard!
We went, we saw and we conquered! For 5 students who had no clue about Rajasthan i think we managed very well. We arrived in Jodhpur and the first thing we saw was a very bright, BIG autorikshaw.
We took two of these autos to जिलासैनिककल्याण...which to anyone who happens to stay there is a 20 rupee ride... not 60 like we poor souls ended up paying!

Another thing to keep in mind, carry a हिसाब book with you. The amount of money you spend on travel is crazy because there is just so much to see. Getting back to जीलासैनिक
कल्याण... we accommodated two rooms... one for the girls and one for the boy. The man downstairs was nice enough to tell us where we could get hot water from. For a girl whose from Madras, this little fact went a long way!

We were on a humongous terrace and right outside was where the train station was. Another handy tip that we did not adhere to was that the next station stopped right outside our place. When i say right outside i mean it stopped literally at the gates. Sigh, novices of travel we let this ride and carried on.

I have always had vacations where i tell myself, " Today i will go out and i'll try something new." This never happens, i end up lounging and just soaking up what the room has to offer.

Not this time! This time i was with complete jet setters, they did not want to rest for even a bit!
Aiyo! but soon i got into the rhythm too. We went out to look for food and the bus station too, to check about our next destination (Jaisalmer)

Next note on the list of notes to come: Beggars are very upfront in Jodhpur, or and this is to the people who went with me... they are err... hands on type people.

Now it gets a little foggy but i do distinctly remember is roaming around in search of a map shop and a PNB atm near a bata showroom...?

Next we roamed around and ended at Priya Resautrant, if i'm not mistaken. This seemed to be THE hub for every traveller, tourist, nomad, mad...persons. Our last meal that day was a South Indian meal believe it or not. We then saw a shope that served sweets and we hogged on रसमलाई and were very satified that night.

The next morning we decided it was time to look around, with map in hand and armed with cameras we set out for Mehrangarh Fort. There is not much I can say to make this fort anymore than it is. It was great to spend the whole day there and just click pictures.When we reached the top of the fort the whole of the blue city could be seen. It was definitely the time for corny pictures. So many pictures!
There were also Rajasthani folk singers, who had their own space to play where on lookers would take pictures and (no offense to anyone) would ooh and aah at them play. Though i sound rude, i truly mean that it was an occasion to 'ooh' and 'aah' at these musicians playing and singing. It was quite a lovely experience.
For a fort it is very well equipped with a fancy shmancy
coffee house which is where we all eventually landed up eating and blowing up our paisa. It was still worth it, that was one gooooood ice tea. I'm sure the Brits had something to do with this!
I remember hugging this coffee shop before i left.

This is where i end. My next blogging will be the next part of our journey.