Train to the Blue City of JodhpurTrain to JodhpurWe are up at 5:00am and off to the train station at 6:00am for a 7:00am train to Jodhpur. The train is not full so it’s easier to spread out. My tummy is a little off so I just have a banana and orange juice for breakfast.This time the train washroom is surprisingly clean but I still have issues with squat …
Camel Safari and a Wild Night in the Thar DesertJaisalmer and the Deepak Hotel Jaisalmer is a charming fort city…known as The Golden City because of the gold colour of the sandstone from which it is built. As we get off the train at Jaisalmer station we can see the fort sitting high on a sandstone outcrop overlooking the newer part of the city. We all pile into a jeep with …
Delhi Belly and One Long Train RightScary Time at New Delhi Restaurant At 6pm our tour group meets at the hotel for our pre-tour briefing. There are six people in our tour group plus our guide, Garima. With us are Marlene, a retired nurse and her husband Jim, a retired pharmacist who are from Virginia, USA; Paul, a businessman from Cork, Ireland; and Jasmine, a software developer from Manchester, England. …
New Delhi Tour by Tuk TukConnaught PlaceOur resident doves watch as I shower. I swear those birds are wiping the window with their wings to see better.Today we are old pros using the subway. We are half an hour earlier than yesterday and it is jam packed.We exit at Ravji Chowk station which is the stop for Connaught Place- on a map it’s like a large spoked wheel with …
