We started the day with breakfast at the hostel. Well, I tried to. For some reason you could only get breakfast sets including drinks, cereal, fruit and toast and I only wanted toast. The language barrier got too confusing so I ended up not having anything. Sad times. Afterwards we headed out to the fort. It is the city's main attraction but they rather lose their appeal when you've seen a few. We were going to get a guide but opted for an audio guide instead as it was included in our ticket. This turned out to be extremely detailed and we spent the next couple of hours following the 33 stops on the guide, learning about the fort's past. It was interesting though a little heavy, and we didn't end up finished until around 1. There's a pretty temple nearby which we intended to go to afterwards, but we've now been to A LOT of temples, couldn't get a cheap tuk tuk and wanted lunch, so decided against it in the end.
We headed down to the clock tower area of the city where we'd had dinner, and found a restaurant which we'd spotted on our way back last night. It was really cheap and so we got some indian food here. We planned to have a wander around the market before walking back to the hostel, but just as we were leaving the restaurant it began to absolutely pour with rain. We had no choice but to get a tuk tuk as it was truly pouring it down, though annoyingly it stopped just after we left!
We had a couple of relaxed hours at the hostel before embarking on a blue city tour at 5pm. Whilst Jodhpur is known as India's blue city, the blue walled buildings are no longer that common and are actually really hard to find. We were given a waking tour (though without much touguiding) of the remaining blue section, and learnt that all the original buildings are blue but that people now paint over them. The blue is associated with the old religious past of the city and now that this isn't seen as relevant people want to cover it. This is such a shame as the blue is so beautiful! And it was really nice to see the old houses and a quieter part of the otherwise hectic city.
After a couple of hours we drove to see the criminal justice courts which were founded by a man who smoked a lot and so strangely they do a daily ceremony of placing a lot cigarette into the statue's mouth which we watched. Bizarre. Before heading back to the hostel. We walked back out to near the clock tower to get some cheap food for dinner, and then as usual got an early night.
Laura x
We headed down to the clock tower area of the city where we'd had dinner, and found a restaurant which we'd spotted on our way back last night. It was really cheap and so we got some indian food here. We planned to have a wander around the market before walking back to the hostel, but just as we were leaving the restaurant it began to absolutely pour with rain. We had no choice but to get a tuk tuk as it was truly pouring it down, though annoyingly it stopped just after we left!
We had a couple of relaxed hours at the hostel before embarking on a blue city tour at 5pm. Whilst Jodhpur is known as India's blue city, the blue walled buildings are no longer that common and are actually really hard to find. We were given a waking tour (though without much touguiding) of the remaining blue section, and learnt that all the original buildings are blue but that people now paint over them. The blue is associated with the old religious past of the city and now that this isn't seen as relevant people want to cover it. This is such a shame as the blue is so beautiful! And it was really nice to see the old houses and a quieter part of the otherwise hectic city.
After a couple of hours we drove to see the criminal justice courts which were founded by a man who smoked a lot and so strangely they do a daily ceremony of placing a lot cigarette into the statue's mouth which we watched. Bizarre. Before heading back to the hostel. We walked back out to near the clock tower to get some cheap food for dinner, and then as usual got an early night.
Laura x
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