The masonry layout
1 January 2019
Udaipur —-> Barothi. 107km. 28 December. So we woke up in much better form today and after a breakfast of omlette and potato parathas we headed off early, with no definitive destination in mind other than the general direction of Ahmedabad, which we reckon will take us 3 days. Ahmedabad is the place of Ghandi’s […]
29 December 2018
Bankli to Bera – 54km. 24 December. We were up fairly early the next morning, had yet another fantastic breakfast from KP and his staff followed by a photo session with the other guests before heading off. The road continued to be interrupted by roadworks so our progress was rather slow, however we made it […]
24 December 2018
Jodhpur —-> Balotra. 107 km. Thurs 20th Dec. Paratha is our Indian breakfast of choice these days, so if our accommodation will serve it early enough for us, we will always go for it. This was the case today, so after potato and mixed vegetable parathas and a large mug of chai we were off […]
22 December 2018
Jodhpur is quite a bit smaller than Jaipur and although its centre is hectic in an Indian way, it’s not on the same scale. We have both taken a shine to it even if we did both get pooped on by pigeons within the first hour! Jodhpur is named after Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief, […]
18 December 2018
Jaipur to Kishangarh – 95km We had one final lovely breakfast with Manuma and Jassika before setting out on the first leg of our journey to Jodhpur. Our aim for the day was to get close to the town of Kishangarh, which would hopefully put us in a good position for the next few days. […]
14 December 2018
Jaipur is known as the pink city because when Queen Victoria came to visit in 1876, the entire city was painted pink – the colour of hospitality. And it’s still pretty pink – as well as a lot cleaner and less chaotic than Delhi! On our first night here, we learned so much about Jaipur […]