Hi folks,
happy Easter to you all.
We moved on from Agra to Jaipur which our guide book told us would be dispappointing but we have really enjoyed it. There is an obligatory castle and fort and the city is painted pink. We spent a few days here and chilled out, spending several days in a quiet little guest house. Garry has identified some possibilities for Arco here (see pic).
We then moved on to Mount Abu - a mountain village where we could do some spectacular hill walking. We saw a crocodile, snake, bear pooh and a mongoose. Next was Jodhpur (guess what they invented?). This city is painted blue and also has a fort and a palace. For some reason, least known to us we opted for a camel safari in a place called Jaisalmer. Why would anyone want to sit on a camel for hours in the desert with the sun shining down relentlessly? We then slept open air under the stars after having curry and chapatis cooked over a pile of sticks. (you will be pleased to know we beat the indians in 'who can stand on one leg and put their nose on the floor" competition)
The best thing was waking up in the morning and trying to identify the footprints round the "bed"!!
Garry woke early and has found a new skill - rounding up camels (see pic).
We then returned to Jaipur for the elephant festival. This was a parade of elephants, camels, horses, ox, dancers, musicians etc. Garry and Mark entered the tug of war with an elephant competition. It was close but Nelly won, however they did recieve a prize and maybe on Indian tv. The large lady in the photo may have been an entrant in the festival, but we think she likes chappattis like we do.
This was on 21st March. 22nd March was "holi" day. This is the colour festival which is very childish and consists of everyone throwing different coloured paint at each other. The indians obviously love this festival and it was like our Christmas or New years eve when everyone goes round wishing each other "happy holi".We are still stained pink and blue but another 6 showers and it may wear off. Recognise anyone? (see pic).
Hope nothing goes wrong with our teeth as this photo shows the local dentist with his instruments at the side of the road.
We are having a couple of quiet days and fly down to Goa on Tuesday as we work our way over to see Carolyn and Farhad in Sri Lanka.
Next installment to follow soon.
4 comments:
Hi Alison and Gary
Good to get your latest travelogue and confirm that you really belong elsewhere than the cold, Easter-snowy wastes of Beverley, and the UK. Glad to see that you two colourful characters are, literally, adding to the local colour and demonstrating your abilities to herd camels, stand on one leg for audience appreciation and generally represent the English in the way which gains you an automatic Equity card. Another few months of this behaviour and you're going to have great difficulty in obtaining automatic re-entry to the land of sub-zero temperatures and fuel at £5 a gallon -- much cheaper with a camel, but, unfortunately, we have no parking spaces left in St.Mary's Terrace. Tally ho, and keep going disgracefully!
Raymondo
I've just magnified the picture of the dentist - that's quite something. Really good pictures and narration. You look like you're having a great variety of new experiences. Has the colour washed out yet? That'll be a great picture in your sunday best at the wedding!!
Can't wait to see you x
Alison, Garry, just caught up with your fab blog diary. Sounds like you are having the time of your life. Not sure that you want to have dental problems while you're there though! The paint throwing sounds like a great way to spend a couple of hours! Glad to hear that your 'leaving do' went well - sorry that I wasn't there but I was thinking about you. Hope you continue living on the edge and having fun - you're missing nothing here. Great news about Carolyn's wedding too. Take care Debbie xx
Hi Garry & Alison
This is the second time we`ve written this, 1st time leaving a message on ur blog!
Glad to hear you`re having a good time, feeling a bit jeal as it is pissing down here, cold and stuck in office doing end of year stuff for the business...boring. Loved your photo`s, keep on enjoying yourselves & take care
Love Rob & Lynne x
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