Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Jaiselmer to Jaipur (by accident!), then Pushkar to Delhi!


So our next move across india was via another joyous overnight bus ride hoping to get to Pushkar... But, Cindy and i having both overslept, actually ended up in the middle of Jaipur (Rajhastan's capital) at 7 o'clock in the morning.... half asleep and no idea where the hell we were! Doh! So, we spent a few days seeing the sights of Jaipur which was pretty crazy but cool, before our second attempt at reaching Pushkar which was a lovely small city all based around a beautiful lake.


We then headed slightly further north to Delhi, which i had no expectations for at all, and actually fell in love with it straight away....! Just so much to see and do, and with a really great feel to it. Ok, so if you've just landed in Delhi as your first stop in India then maybe it's all a bit much but if you're kind of used to the madness and the 'indian ways' then it's great!! We ate in revolving restaurants, visited the crazy spice markets, walked around one of the world's biggest mosques, and stepped inside one of the most spectacular, and most modern temples i have seen - the Bahai (lotus temple), see photo.

2 comments:

maximus said...

wow..thats a modern looking building,but impressive, keep em cimming
paul
x

Jon said...

Hey Squirrel, why doesn't it surprise me that you slept through and missed your destination? The closest I came to doing that myself was missing my final flight (New York to London) and having to sleep in the airport on a bench and getting a coach to Philly for a flight the next night from a different city!! In your next email, let us know when you're due back! Miss ya loads xx