When I Was Planned a Visit For Haridwar to Jodhpur

when it was time to leave rishikesh, tears and sadness, we caught a bus to haridwar where i had been about 8 years ago. i hated it then and my feelings had not changed at all. we visited the large temple on the hill, which was filthy and not hinduisms most attractive selling point, we ate the worst dhal ever in india (now thats a statement), were pestered to death and ended up thankful at catching that nights train to jodhpur. unfortunately neil had to leave, since he was on his way back to delhi, so we parted ways and we caught the train which was reported to arrive at 6:30 in the morning in jodhpur... yeah right...

it ended up reaching there the same time, that night, so without knowing this we had not brought any food or water on the train, thinking it was only one night, and the amazing thing was there wasn't a single seller on the whole train, no lunch cart, no station stalls, nothing. so we starved, got dehydrated, sat in empty carriages with the sand lashing against us for the whole day, pissed off and tiredly arriving in jodhpur that evening.

from then on it was simple. the rickshaw driver knew a great hotel, it was, we stayed there two nights, the rooftop had a close and amazing view of mehranger fort perched on the top of the hill, the restaurant was excellent, there was a brandy shop through the old town market and we met some great travellers there to spend the evenings chatting with.

then came the fort. all i can say is wow. this place was amazing, far exceeded any expectations i had, was much better than i remembered amber fort being, so we spent a long day walking around, sitting in the shade and taking photos, admiring the workmanship and size of the building. after a sensory overload it was time to head back to havelli, have a great meal at on the rocks, walk down to the brandy shop, sleep.

next morning we visited the markets and went to the hotel/palace/museum on the other side of town which turned out to be a waste of time anyways, so we headed back and booked tickets to go to pushkar.