Having survived a 9 hour train ride from Ranthambore to Jodhpur a couple of days ago, we nearly completely missed seeing Jodhpur altogether!  For 2 days we viewed Jodhpur just from the rooftop terrace, which was pretty nice in itself.

Fortunately we made it out of the hotel room today and did a good bit of exploring, and it was well worth it. ‎Mehrangarh fort on the top of the hill is very impressive, the bits open to the public are unusually well kept, litter free (this made quite the impression on me!) and there is a good museum with an audio guide to boot. Sascha couldn’t understand the Indian english so listened to the French. Off course we were charged top rupee (as always ….for you my best friend X10 the price). Talking of french people, they are here everywhere!

Jodhpur has a nice little town feel, most of the streets in the old town area are too narrow for a car to pass, so we feel more immortal than usual for India. Just passing bicycles (for Samuel to take out with a typical quick unpredicted change of direction) and autorickshaws and motos to avoid, that and the stray dogs, cows, pigs and locals etc etc. The lack of heavy car traffic gives the centre a nice cloistered feeling. We wandered back down from the fort to the Step Well and then the market. Haggled a bit, got done a bit and came away with a ‘complimentary carrot and orange!’.

Tomorrow we head out to Udaipur – just a 6 hour car ride . We will be staying in someone’s home. Looking forward to it!