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Bundi September 30 to October 2

(Photos of Chittorgarh and Bundi and clicking on this link)

parties Udaipur by car with driver 30 in the morning, we decided to make a stop at the fort of Chittorgarh for an hour.

Beautiful box, perched on a mountain with lots of small Hindu temples and Jain sculptures very fine, and a "victory lap" giving almost dizzy. Below, vast plains which once served as battlefield takes us back to the atmosphere of the wars of the time.

We will arrive in the small town of Bundi in the late afternoon and ask our backpacks to Bundi Haveli , small haveli relatively luxurious, and we still cracked ... (But the room was so cute!) And then we had tried to book in a small guesthouse strongly recommended by the Backpacker but it sold out ...

Our room at the Haveli Bundi

is also there, at Shivam Guesthouse, we went to eat something while watching the sunset sun between the two hills surrounding the city. We then soaked up the atmosphere of the city we Backpacking in the streets, and talking with Sathi, a man of advanced age managing a small shop selling a bit of everything, but especially the "best tired of the city, even the whole of India" and a special cake to taste with cashew nuts and saffron.

Everyone says hello in the street ... It's very funny! I also recall a small woman with a cane, who stopped and said a prayer on my t-shirt that displayed a sign depicting Hindu deities ...

In the street, we also cross a fanfare before celebrations of two horses and their riders are masked and heavily decorated bring to a close the march of a crowd dancing to the rhythms ... Marriage? Divinity? We did not really know, but in any event it was a nice surprise!

Back at the hotel, we reviewed Slumdog Millionaire , and this film really took a different dimension now that I'm steeped in the country ... I I noticed details that can not be understood if one is not ripe India, I understand some Hindi words in their conversations, and I realized how good this film transcribed agitation, colors and madness of this country, which I am now literally love ...

The next day, we breakfast at the Guesthouse Shivam well because we sympathized with the family of managers, then we visited the Garh Palace, Bundi Fort, through Billu, our guide ... very nice, but very tactile so I was very nervous in the morning ...

The fort was very interesting and the comments were Billu very funny:

"So here you can see that once again, the Maharani is drinking alcohol ... In the picture from his servant is to keep trying as it does more upright ... In this picture, women are now smoking opium chicha because they were bored a lot to play all day ... And on this, women are trying to hide groom themselves for the Maharaja's spying frequently, the rascal! "

By mid-afternoon, after being assaulted by a cow less peaceful than other (moment ... totally unlikely), we had probably one of the best time of our stay in Rajasthan ...

We had lunch at Uma Magh Garden Restaurant, on a small terrace just lakeside Nawal Sagar and we enjoyed a delicious dish in a small corner of paradise ... Total relaxation, pleasure for eyes and palate ... Everything was together ...

We watched the sun set over this magnificent small town, and took a bus the next morning, Pushkar direction.

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Udaipur, from September 28 to 30

(For photos of Udaipur, click on this link)

Before you start talking to Udaipur, I want to say that despite the beauty of this city, was my biggest disappointment Rajasthan. Indeed, acclaimed guides and hearsay, until I got a lot of the city "whose tastes seem out of fairy tales" (according to the Lonely Planet). But I want to reiterate that this is only my opinion ...

After over 7 hours by bus on terrible roads very bad, we do not find the taxi chartered by our hotel to pick us ... Never mind, we take a rickshaw and arrive at Rang Niwas Palace Hotel , little corner of paradise in the middle of an urban jungle ... Because after all we can say, much of Udaipur is quite ugly, far from the palace of a thousand and one nights described in the guides.

Our hotel is however a nice surprise! We had booked a suite, and we were not disappointed!

Our suite at Rang Niwas Palace Hotel

(For people who wonder if I won the lottery to afford a trip like this, I want to say one night in this suite costs about 30 € ... And yes it is in India!)

After a few hours rest, we went to dusk in search of the lake much talked about, which houses one of the most luxurious hotels and paradise of India. Unfortunately, we do not find that night. So we decide to go see the celebration of a deity in the inner city. As an adventurer in the extreme and finding no rickshaw trying to take us, we decide to hitchhike and are collected by Abhishek (very common name in India), an Indian very nice but in broken English that we will file to Chetak Circle. Once there, we learn that the festivities are over for a good half-hour ... Definitely, it's not our night ... we'll dinner before going to sleep in our beautiful little suite.

The next morning, we finally find the lake Pichola and take a short boat ride to reach the Jagmandir Island, a small resort in the middle of the lake, very cute, but no major interest ...

We then visit the City Palace , Palace of the Maharaja of Udaipur, but this time, the palace that broke the camel's back: we have seen in all cities, I'm tired and we have not taken a guide so we do not have the keys to understanding what we see ... The palace was very pretty, but we will go through at full speed ...

The rest of the day was much nicer to us wander through the narrow streets of the old city ... We visited the Jagdish Temple , beautiful temple filled with women in saris of every color ...

few hours of shopping and a dip in our pool later, we go into a small theater to watch a dance show Rajasthan and puppets. Some think it's a tourist trap, others will be impressed by some of the dances, we, we loved it! Here is a short video of the dances:

From there we went to dinner at the poolside of Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel , a very luxurious hotel within City Palace Complex. We were the only guests, I really wondered if Thibault had not booked the entire restaurant for us ! Fine foods, a very pleasant evening, exactly what he needed for me to finally keep good memories of Udaipur!

The next day we left Udaipur chauffeured car because I had bad memories of buses between Jodhpur and Udaipur (and I still want my princess to play a little ...). Next Step: Bundi, passing par Chittorgarh.

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Jodhpur, from September 27 to 28

  (Toutes les photos de Jodhpur en cliquant sur ce lien)

Je continue – avec du retard – à vous raconter la suite du voyage au Rajasthan, pour pouvoir vite vous raconter Goa et le Vietnam…

Nous sommes arrivés à Jodhpur avec l’idée que cette ville n’était pas tout à fait intéressante (grossière erreur!). Nous avons donc décidé de ne rester qu’une seule journée, mais les horaires de bus vers Udaipur en ont décidé autrement, and finally we stayed two nights ... No regrets for that matter, not only because we were in a small guesthouse very cute and very friendly, but in addition, I personally loved this city and I almost regret not to have stayed one more day ...

We started our day by visiting Sardar Market and Clock Tower copied from Big Ben to give time to the inhabitants of the city. Very nice little place that bustles with activity and shops of all kinds ... And yes, I even broke down and bought lots of things more useless as each other ...

We then chained to visit the Mehrangarh Fort , we visited with a guide speaking, which was very nice! The fort is surely one of the finest we have seen, and our guide was very nice. We could talk about the Indian culture which was really very interesting!

During the visit, we met Quentin, Eric, and Loïc, French students who are sharing with me in Calcutta. A beautiful coincidence ! We decided to have dinner together that evening.

Another coincidence: Nolwenn - which is in the same school as me at Reims, and that we had crossed by chance in Jaipur - the name is after noon to tell me she saw my name in the register, and we sleep in the same guesthouse! She will now join us for dinner.

After a quick massage at the guesthouse, we head to the restaurant "On the Rocks," where we discover a magnificent terrace with candles on tables and a hushed ambience. After dinner, we wanted a drink in the pub next to the restaurant, but we got time stack closure (23h!!).

"On the Rocks"

Returning to our guesthouse, we find the animation in a street. We celebrate a Hindu deity, and everyone is on his 31 ... We supply the sugar, almond paste and coconut, and we ask our new Indian friends. It such meetings that makes this country so special , unique, colorful, and I will miss so much when I return to France ...

Nolwenn and I and our Indian friends

The next day, After breakfast admiring the sunrise , we left the "Blue City" for the "white city", Udaipur.