India

Opium Anyone? A Day in the Village; Afternoon in the City

Opium Anyone? Morning at the Village, Afternoon in the CityRide to the VillageThe Alexandrine parrots feast at the bird feeders this morning and the African Grey parrot let’s out a few words as we have breakfast at the homestay. I’m eating blander foods until my tummy adjusts.After breakfast we load into a jeep and head out into the countryside around Jodhpur.Peacocks are native to India and it is illegal …

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Holy Cow! A Day Around Jaisalmer

Holy Cow! A Day Around JaisalmerLake Gadhisar We wake to a chorus of soft cooing doves, barking dogs and the melodious mooing of sacred cows.The hotel heats it’s water by fire as do most of the ancient buildings in the fort. This causes a very slight acrid, smokey smell. Instead of wood, most fires are made with cow dung.We meet for breakfast on our hotel rooftop and then head out …

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Train to the Blue City of Jodhpur

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 …

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Camel Safari and a Wild Night in the Thar Desert

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 …

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