Diu is way better! definitely the next hot spot – was an old portuguese place like goa but it doesn’t have the crazy hippie crowd. On day one, I went to Georges – he has a hotel connected to the back of the St. Thomas Church – for a 100 rupees, you get unlimited bbq … Read More
To get between some of the cities, its quicker to take a bus rather than a train. But after taking the buses in Rajasthan though, I was a little worried and wasn’t in the mood to fight with three other guys to get a bed. but guju land has got this covered too… the sleeper … Read More
so this is maybe a bit morbid to say, but I think that maybe the rest of India needs a few minor (non-fatal) earthquakes… Kuutch and Gujarat in general, is super developed and parts actually look like it could be parts of California or Europe. check how developed the roads are. Great infrasture – they’ve … Read More
What is there to do here?? This is the first stop that everyone has to do to go to train into Gujarat or to go from Rasasthan to Bombay – no wonder no stays to see the rest of Gujarat. I’ve been here since 6 am this morning and I’m bored out of my mind… … Read More
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.