Hey to everybody from Jodhpur in Rajastan!
I know, we promised you to keep you updated with our travel, but so far we were just too lazy to write the blog.
Well, there are so many things to tell, so i keep it short.
When we first arrived to Delhi at the 30th of June, we were just shocked and overwhelmed by everything. Somehow we managed to find our hotel in the middle of a huge bazaar, after crossing the huge huge huge train station in delhi and, in the hotel, already trapped into the first tourist trap. The manager of the hotel offered us to bring us to the next tourist office nearby after breakfast. Of course, this was not a real tourist information, but a private travel agency. And of course, us, who didnt know anything about how things work here and who still felt completely lost, we booked a private driver for the first week.
Comparatively and expensive thing, but well, it was a lesson.
With Jai, our driver, we went to see the Taj Mahal, on Agra. Rathambore, where an amazing closed National Park with no tigers were there. Then Pushkar, really small town full of bohemian tourist, a lake an Israelians that, after 3 yers of service stays long period of time. A Perfect place to smoke illegal stuff. After the capital of Rajastan, Jaipur, a 2.5 million city with nice palaces and a temple with monkies. Obviously, we feed them.
In Jaipur we say Goodbye to the driver and we started a totally new trip. meeting other people also traveling and saving money. Now, we are in Jodhpur, the <blue city>, where a lots of houses are painted blue.
Today, we will make a long travel by train to Amritsar, which is about 18 hours in the North, close to the mountains and the Pakistani border. There is the Golden Temple, which is the holiest place for the Sikhs in India and there are a lot of pilgrims.
General impressions:
India is a huge country and really diverse. We passed from the jungle to nearly the desert up to the mountains and the Himalaya.
It is really dirty everywhere and there is in all the cities lots of traffic, so that you always have to pay attention that a rickshaw or a motorbike does not drive over your foot.
On the street, there are no rules.
There are cows everywhere! Everybody gives them food, and they walk on the street as they please. They are somehow incorporated in the traffic. Josep claims, that one cow intentionally tried to kill him when he passed by and is now paranoid about all the cows he meets in the street.
The nicest thing is, that it is really easy to talk to people. They wave at you on the street, want to shake our hands, smile, and are very friendly, if the do not want your money. We are looking forward to go to less touristic places.
I know, we promised you to keep you updated with our travel, but so far we were just too lazy to write the blog.
Well, there are so many things to tell, so i keep it short.
When we first arrived to Delhi at the 30th of June, we were just shocked and overwhelmed by everything. Somehow we managed to find our hotel in the middle of a huge bazaar, after crossing the huge huge huge train station in delhi and, in the hotel, already trapped into the first tourist trap. The manager of the hotel offered us to bring us to the next tourist office nearby after breakfast. Of course, this was not a real tourist information, but a private travel agency. And of course, us, who didnt know anything about how things work here and who still felt completely lost, we booked a private driver for the first week.
Comparatively and expensive thing, but well, it was a lesson.
With Jai, our driver, we went to see the Taj Mahal, on Agra. Rathambore, where an amazing closed National Park with no tigers were there. Then Pushkar, really small town full of bohemian tourist, a lake an Israelians that, after 3 yers of service stays long period of time. A Perfect place to smoke illegal stuff. After the capital of Rajastan, Jaipur, a 2.5 million city with nice palaces and a temple with monkies. Obviously, we feed them.
In Jaipur we say Goodbye to the driver and we started a totally new trip. meeting other people also traveling and saving money. Now, we are in Jodhpur, the <blue city>, where a lots of houses are painted blue.
Today, we will make a long travel by train to Amritsar, which is about 18 hours in the North, close to the mountains and the Pakistani border. There is the Golden Temple, which is the holiest place for the Sikhs in India and there are a lot of pilgrims.
General impressions:
India is a huge country and really diverse. We passed from the jungle to nearly the desert up to the mountains and the Himalaya.
It is really dirty everywhere and there is in all the cities lots of traffic, so that you always have to pay attention that a rickshaw or a motorbike does not drive over your foot.
On the street, there are no rules.
There are cows everywhere! Everybody gives them food, and they walk on the street as they please. They are somehow incorporated in the traffic. Josep claims, that one cow intentionally tried to kill him when he passed by and is now paranoid about all the cows he meets in the street.
The nicest thing is, that it is really easy to talk to people. They wave at you on the street, want to shake our hands, smile, and are very friendly, if the do not want your money. We are looking forward to go to less touristic places.
