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Welcome to a virtual trip throught the Indian region of Rajasthan. See what we saw and experienced during 10 days spent in the northern India. I will try to bring you closer to that country, it's made of people, monuments and colors. Have a good time :)

General informarion:
Travel dates: 4 - 15 August 2013 (9 days of effective travel + 2 days of air travel)
Percurred distance: ~1850 km (+ internal flight New Delhi - Jodhpur)
Support: Lufthansa (never ever again!), Jet Airways, Earth Viaggi.

Itinerary: Rome > Munich > New Delhi > Jodhpur > Jaisalmer > Thar Desert > Pokhran > Jodhpur > Ranakpur > Udaipur > Jaipur > Abhaneri > Fatehpur Sikiri > Agra > New Delhi > Frankfurt > Rome

Extremely colorful and incredibly dirty, incredibly hot outside and as well damn cold inside, frighteningly dangerous on the road but on the other hand super-exciting, sometimes horribly stinky but in a few steps away smelling incense and spices, and so at every step, around every corner is waiting a surprise, contrast, challenge, disgust and disbelief. Incredible India!

"This is indeed India! the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the country of a hundred nations and a hundred tongues, of a thousand religions and two million gods, cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of tradition, whose yesterdays bear date with the mouldering antiquities of the rest of the nations-the one sole country under the sun that is endowed with an imperishable interest for alien prince and alien peasant, for lettered and ignorant, wise and fool, rich and poor, bond and free, the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the globe combined." Mark Twain

ROME > MUNICH > NEW DELHI > TOMB OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUN > JAMA MASJID MOSQUE OLD DELHI > GURUDWARA BANGLA SAHIB SIKH TEMPLE

Accommodation: Maidens Hotel Heritage New Delhi

GURUDWARA BANGLA SAHIB SIKH TEMPLE
GURUDWARA BANGLA SAHIB SIKH TEMPLE
TOMB OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUNTOMB OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUN

The first 24 hours were marked by my lost luggage (there is always a first time), 40 degrees heat (where the perceived temperature was around 45 degrees), 90% humidity, literally pouring streams of sweat and total madness on the roads.
It seems to be on another planet where there are no rules and things not happen here on a daily basis. So it doesn't smell so bad like they said, the air conditioning really can not be turned off, therefore dozens of times a day from the oven to the refrigerator where the cold air literally torn off your head. If you do not get sick it will be another miracle (the window in a hotel room didn't have handles and even with the door open an air curtain effectively prevented the temperature to rise above 22 degrees). Welcome to another planet called India;)

On the roads you can meet literally everything from the overlimit loaded trucks, rickshaws, tuk tuk, bicycles with all kinds of cargo.... , motorcycles in various configurations (up to 7 people on board including babies and dogs), mating goats and donkeys as well, cattles of cows, peacocks, snakes, monitor lizards, dromedaries, antelopes, and people taking a nap on the roadside of busy and noisy motorways...

Cows everywere, they go around alone or in groups, even on "their" highways, which, taking into account that local drivers drive like crazy and a multitude of vehicles and their deplorable condition, these are the most dangerous roads we've ever rode ... It even beats Peru and Kenya together. Well, in this time we were happy that we didn't rent a car and attempt to drive because it would have been simply impossible ...

No need to write much about the world-class monuments because everyone knows how much there is to see in India , but in the matter of fact, even if there weren't any monuments, it would have been worth to visit India because this country is exceptional, especially because of it's people... They make it so unique, colorful and exotic.

DELHI > JODHPUR (by air) > JAISALMER

Accommodation: Fort Rajwada Jaisalmer

THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavna temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT

Accommodation: Fort Rajwada Jaisalmer

GADSISAR LAKE, RajasthanGADSISAR LAKE

THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavnath temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT

THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavnath temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT

THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavnath temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT
THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavnath temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT
THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavnath temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT
THE GOLDEN CITY OD JAISALMER > GADSISAR LAKE > JAISALMER FORT > Rishabhadeva Temple > Jain Sambhavnath temple > decorated merchant's houses facades > SAM VILLAGE, NEAR PAKISTAN BORDER > CAMMEL RIDE IN THE THAR DESERT

 

JAISALMER > POKHRAN FORT > THE BLUE CITY OF JODHPUR > JASWANT THADA MAUSOLEUM > MEHRANGARH FORTRESS > SADAR BAZAR JODHPUR

Accommodation: Ajit Bhawan Heritage

JAISALMER, POKHRAN FORT, THE BLUE CITY OF JODHPUR,; JASWANT THADA MAUSOLEUM, MEHRANGARH FORTRESS, SADAR BAZAR JODHPUR JAISALMER, POKHRAN FORT, THE BLUE CITY OF JODHPUR,; JASWANT THADA MAUSOLEUM, MEHRANGARH FORTRESS, SADAR BAZAR JODHPUR JAISALMER, POKHRAN FORT, THE BLUE CITY OF JODHPUR,; JASWANT THADA MAUSOLEUM, MEHRANGARH FORTRESS, SADAR BAZAR JODHPUR

 

JODHPUR > RANAKPUR WHITE MARBLE JAIN TEMPLE > UDAIPUR

Accommodation: Hotel Trident Udaipur

RANAKPUR WHITE MARBLE JAIN TEMPLE

THE WHITE CITY OF UDAIPUR (CITY OF LAKES) CITY PALACE > MAHARANA MUSEUM > JAGDISH TEMPLE > PICHOLA LAKE CRUISE > JAG MANDIR UDAIPUR (LAKE GARDEN PALACE ON LAKE PICHOLA)

Accommodation: Hotel Trident Udaipur

THE WHITE CITY OF UDAIPUR (CITY OF LAKES) CITY PALACE > MAHARANA MUSEUM > JAGDISH TEMPLE > PICHOLA LAKE CRUISE > JAG MANDIR UDAIPUR (LAKE GARDEN PALACE ON LAKE PICHOLA) THE WHITE CITY OF UDAIPUR (CITY OF LAKES) CITY PALACE > MAHARANA MUSEUM > JAGDISH TEMPLE > PICHOLA LAKE CRUISE > JAG MANDIR UDAIPUR (LAKE GARDEN PALACE ON LAKE PICHOLA)

UDAJPUR > NAGDA TEMPLE > JAIPUR JOHARI BAZAR

Accommodation: Hotel Trident Jaipur

UDAJPUR > NAGDA TEMPLE > JAIPUR JOHARI BAZAR UDAJPUR > NAGDA TEMPLE > JAIPUR JOHARI BAZAR

THE ROSE CITY OF JAIPUR > AMBER FORT > HAVA MAHAL (called Palace of Winds or Palace of the Breeze) > JANTAR MANTAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY > JAIPUR CITY PALACE

Accommodation: Hotel Trident Jaipur

THE ROSE CITY OF JAIPUR > AMBER FORT > HAVA MAHAL (called Palace of Winds or Palace of the Breeze) > JANTAR MANTAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY > JAIPUR CITY PALACE
THE ROSE CITY OF JAIPUR > AMBER FORT > HAVA MAHAL (called Palace of Winds or Palace of the Breeze) > JANTAR MANTAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY > JAIPUR CITY PALACE
THE ROSE CITY OF JAIPUR > AMBER FORT > HAVA MAHAL (called Palace of Winds or Palace of the Breeze) > JANTAR MANTAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY > JAIPUR CITY PALACE
THE ROSE CITY OF JAIPUR > AMBER FORT > HAVA MAHAL (called Palace of Winds or Palace of the Breeze) > JANTAR MANTAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY > JAIPUR CITY PALACE

JAIPUR > ABHANERI CHAND BAORI STEPWELL > FATEHPUR SIKRI > AGRA

Accommodation: Hotel Trident Agra

JAIPUR > ABHANERI CHAND BAORI STEPWELL > FATEHPUR SIKRI > AGRA
JAIPUR > ABHANERI CHAND BAORI STEPWELL > FATEHPUR SIKRI > AGRA
JAIPUR > ABHANERI CHAND BAORI STEPWELL > FATEHPUR SIKRI > AGRA
JAIPUR > ABHANERI CHAND BAORI STEPWELL > FATEHPUR SIKRI > AGRA

 

AGRA > RED FORT OF AGRA > TAJ MAHAL WHITE MARBLE MAUSOLEUM > DELHI

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Today (day use)

AGRA > RED FORT OF AGRA > TAJ MAHAL WHITE MARBLE MAUSOLEUM > DELHI
AGRA > RED FORT OF AGRA > TAJ MAHAL WHITE MARBLE MAUSOLEUM > DELHI



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