Well we arrived safely. The 1st hour out of Jaipur was like the M5 in Gloucestershire. 3 lanes each way, flat, boring with occasional roadworks. Michaelwood services was excellent with good coffee and clean loos. Stopped for lunch at Pushkar, a sort of Indian Glastonbury where the great unwashed all go to get even filthier in the lake, but it wasn't there! After lunch taxi took cross country route. Driving was even more exciting than Roger's. Overtaking on blind corners or with trucks charging towards us with the inevitable hooting. Road full of potholes and speedbumps and sometimes no surface at all. Arrived very shaken if not stirred. Hotel had lost all trace of our booking, but managed to find a suite for us. This was more than we had expected, but still cheaper than the YMCA. It's also the biggest hotel room I've ever slept in. Gardens are nice and the pool is heavenly. Jodhpur is fun, the Mehangargh fort is very very big. The city really is painted blue. The streets are even more chaotic than Delhi and Jaipur. Thankfully there's no mosque in hearing distance - but I'm convinced I'm going deaf.
It's very very hot.
Ian and Frances
wow! posh room- very nice!
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