PUSHKAR TO JODHPUR

We drove to Jodpur today (220kms / 5hrs) famously known as the " Blue City" many of their buildings are painted blue.

But before we left Pushkar, pick up was at 9.00am we then went to have our camel ride. So back into town where two camels were waiting for us. I immediately thought gosh what have we let ourselves into. A really weird feeling when after they are told to sit down for us to climb onto their backs, they then slowly get themselves up to standing position. You feel like you are going to be flung forward then when they stand up straight, you get flung back

Here we go, now to get the camel to stand up. What a weird feeling. Thought that I was going to fall off.



PT is on and just about up right.

The guys walked us around the back of the village of Jodhpur for a hour. Half hour would have been enough in that hot weather.

It was good sitting up high on the camel as you could see into all the people's gardens and across the fields. Growing marigolds here.

Next field coliflowers. In fact most of the gardens were growing these.

PT leading, my camels head just in the photo passing a camel who has a trailer full of coli  leaves. He had a pile down at his feet which he was eating.

There goes PT way up front he is getting away from me. You feel really up high sitting up there on their backs.

This is looking over to the lake with the city in the background and in the foreground is the dyke where all the water rushing through to the lake from the hills in the rainy season.

Aren't I pretty!!

Our journey around the back of town is over now to get off !!!

It was interesting to see all the back streets and how the people live. When we were passing their houses we could see right over their fences.

After we had an hour riding, we drove out of Pushkar for our big driving day to Jodhpur. Although the mileage doesn't seem that far the roads are terrible after the good motorways we have been travelling on. More through towns rather than motorways and when we did hit the motorways they were so rough, we got jobbled around all the way. For about 50kms they are constructing two new lanes of a motorway. The existing road is going to be the two lanes of the other side of the motorway all heading into and out of Jodhpur. All is supposed to be completed in one year and of interest it is all made of concrete about 25 cms thick. In different places there were the massive concrete road making machines, the same width as the two lanes.

As we left pushkar we went over our first mountain range and over the top we got a nice view looking down into the valley below to this quite big city called Ajmer built around a big lake. Wasn't efxpecting that. We drove for about two and half hours and had a lunch break in the middle of nowhere. Continued on and arrived at Jodhpur at about 4.00pm exhausted and so hot too.  A very different hotel probably more traditional, called Ajit Bhagwan. Set in beautiful gardens. They call it the Palace. The hotels over here really give you a grand welcome, sit you down cold drinks and sometimes a little snack and tell us about the place while they take your passports to check in. Then get taken to your rooms. It's so hot outside so we have just stayed in our room to cool down. Our pick up time tomorrow is 9.00am for our tour of the city.

 

We passed alot of trucks and tractors like this, we think it's something to do with feeding their cattle. It looks more like straw.

We stopped at a bowser station, and what a shambles cars racing in for a spot, motor bikes all rushing in pushing in where they can. The bikes have their own queue. Taken through our car window so a few reflections.

Little restaurant where we stopped for lunch.

Entering our room quite different to the modern hotels we have stayed at.

Nice big room looks comfortable. Don't like the bedspread.

The swimming pool didn't try it today.

After diner tonight the waiter brought these dishes out, and said try these mouth refreshments. These are to refresh your mouth after all the hot flavours. They were quite nice. He did tell us what they all were but couldn't understand him.

Not a lot to write about as mostly driving battling the roads and dust. Very very very hot and just one more very. Thank goodness for air conditioning.