i’m sitting in Udaipur watching octopussy – never seen the movie before (it is crap by the way), but this city is fixated with the fact that the movie was filmed here and so every night there are about 10 different restaurants showing the movie. basically you sit in a restaurant (the one we’re in … Read More
so it turns out that hitchhiking in India is not that easy… i started out my journey taking the overnight sleeper class train from jaisalmar to jaipur and arrived at 6am. so by that time i was already shattered. I had to waste about 3 hours until my first meeting with a shop owner (i’ll … Read More
I’m getting the impression that a lot of the places in Rajasthan that are listed in the Lonely Planet are faked to be really backward (to the naivity of LP writers) so that people get to see stereotypical images of India. We went on a Camel Safari with Ganesh Tours (listed in the Lonely Planet) … Read More
and smiled at the rising sun… man, did we score a bargain! We got to Jaisalmar last night at about 10pm and went to meet up with another friend who was staying at Shahi Palace hotel. They had no available rooms and since we were too lazy to search for other hotels, we asked about … Read More
Well we got scammed by Yogi’s guesthouse on a bus ticket from Jodhpur to Jaisalmar, but we eventually found the bus and although we were supposed to have dedicated seats, we got stuck in the sleeper section (flat bunk bed) with three other people on it. this is on a bus! so when you’re sitting … Read More
is definitely worth the visit just for the views from Mehrangarh Fort which also has to be the most impressive fort I’ve seen so far.
this is hippie city number 2… Pushkar is an incredible looking city with incredible sunsets but it is really small and full of hippie peoples who insist on walking around the streets (which are full of cow shit and sewage runoffs) in their bare feet. Even the locals don’t do that. I was talking to … Read More
Overall, I liked Jaipur (aside from the random crazy hotel owner) – most people must be turned off by Jaipur because it is their first stop in India aside from Delhi or Agra, so they think that it is way too chaotic since they aren’t used to it yet, but compared to other cities, this … Read More
Don’t go to the Jaipur Inn in Jaipur!!! unless of course you want to get beat up… i went there a couple of days ago: here’s how the conversation went – btw, it was 1am in the morning when it happened. Me: Hi – I have a a reservation Owner: We only have a room … Read More
get this thing off my head – i’m trying to eat…