Just a short note
Well, made it to Jhodpur yesterday, and have, since then, been doing nothing! Dug myself out of the hotel a while ago to come and do emails and things.
After I left you a day or two ago, I went for my sunset cruise on Lake Picola in Udai - and it was monumentally beautiful, and very moving. Very glad I did it. I now realise why Udaipur is SO famous -to look back at it from the lake was really wonderful.
Yesterdays bus was a step up from previous ones - very plush - it even had beds in the top of the bus to enable people to sleep if they wanted (I assume this is for the overnight busses - though I cant imagine sleeping the way they drive!) Arrival was a bit daunting with rickshaw drivers jumping up into the bus through the windows to solicit a passenger, and then almost fighting each other for clients. Mind you, like everything in India, its all a massive drama over day to day events.
I found that the hotel I had booked into was at the top of a very steep and deceptive hill that rickshaws couldnt make (it is very very nice though) and so I had to bribe the rickshaw driver to carry all my stuff up the hill. hahah!
At first look, Jhodpur is quite interesting - a maze of tiny streets and quite old fashioned still. Its certainly warmer here than in Udai. I have not really explored as yet, but the hotel is directly under the fort, which is the main attraction of the city - and its beauuuuutiful. Last night, the sun set, and from the roof terrace of the hotel, I could see the whole city getting ready for bed. The city here is mostly painted a pale shade of blue - and it looks really wonderful bathed in the evening light. Small smoke plumes curling upwards, and hundreds of little tweeting birdies flocking over the rooftops. The milk man wandering the streets blowing his huge trombone like horn every now and again. Also the kids who live at the hotel were playing with tiny helium ballons on very long strings - so the coloured ballons were floating above the rooftops and looking really romantic. I love this place for visual delights.
Anyway, im hank-marvin, so Im off to find some dinner now.
After I left you a day or two ago, I went for my sunset cruise on Lake Picola in Udai - and it was monumentally beautiful, and very moving. Very glad I did it. I now realise why Udaipur is SO famous -to look back at it from the lake was really wonderful.
Yesterdays bus was a step up from previous ones - very plush - it even had beds in the top of the bus to enable people to sleep if they wanted (I assume this is for the overnight busses - though I cant imagine sleeping the way they drive!) Arrival was a bit daunting with rickshaw drivers jumping up into the bus through the windows to solicit a passenger, and then almost fighting each other for clients. Mind you, like everything in India, its all a massive drama over day to day events.
I found that the hotel I had booked into was at the top of a very steep and deceptive hill that rickshaws couldnt make (it is very very nice though) and so I had to bribe the rickshaw driver to carry all my stuff up the hill. hahah!
At first look, Jhodpur is quite interesting - a maze of tiny streets and quite old fashioned still. Its certainly warmer here than in Udai. I have not really explored as yet, but the hotel is directly under the fort, which is the main attraction of the city - and its beauuuuutiful. Last night, the sun set, and from the roof terrace of the hotel, I could see the whole city getting ready for bed. The city here is mostly painted a pale shade of blue - and it looks really wonderful bathed in the evening light. Small smoke plumes curling upwards, and hundreds of little tweeting birdies flocking over the rooftops. The milk man wandering the streets blowing his huge trombone like horn every now and again. Also the kids who live at the hotel were playing with tiny helium ballons on very long strings - so the coloured ballons were floating above the rooftops and looking really romantic. I love this place for visual delights.
Anyway, im hank-marvin, so Im off to find some dinner now.
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