Sunday 11th January 2015
This morning we had a glorious sleep in till almost 8am and
then we had the luxury of being able to sit down and eat breakfast. Last night
in the bar we met a guy driving a motorbike to Jodhpur and so he joined our
convoy for the day.
We ended up leaving a bit later than we had planned but met
up with the others just out of town and hit the highway for a day’s driving by
the time we started seriously moving it was 10.20am but we only had 220km to go
so it wasn’t too bad.
The day was pretty easy going most of the roads were pretty
sweet although we did hit some bumpy patches and the welding on our roof rack
gave way so we had to duct tape it up for the time being. We drove along past
Ranakpur which was pretty hilly the roads were pretty with great views of the
valley. We stopped to take pictures of the monkeys and the guys even fed them
straight out of their hand not a move I would have made!
Fuelled by breakfast we didn’t stop for lunch but made regular
stops throughout the day for the engine to cool down which was good. Late
afternoon we stopped just outside of Jodhpur to decide where to stay the guys
had looked up a few places and we decided to head to the fort area.
The way in was a bit hairy with the gps taking us to the air
force married couples quarter at one point and an angry man turned us around
pretty quick smart. Eventually we made it where we wanted to be and by an
absolute fluke ended up right outside the place we were looking for.
After a quick scan of the rooms and a haggle we had our
luggage inside, we had to move our rickshaws to a secure carpark which we had
to pay for but it was cheap and worth it since we are going to spend the day in
town tomorrow as we are now less than 300km away from Jaisalmer.
Once the paperwork for the hotel was down we cleaned up and
hit up the roof terrace for dinner and then a neighbouring rooftop bar for
drinks.
Monday 12th January 2015
Today we took a day off in Jodhpur we had a bit of a sleep
in, I got up and did some yoga and when we were ready for the day we headed out
to breakfast.
Everyone else went to the fort but since I’ve already been
and Maezee didn’t want to we did our own thing. First off we went and got our
roof rack welded and then had our fuel hose changed before taking the shaw back
to the car park and heading to the market.
We went shopping for bindis and bracelets got henna on our
hands and feet then went for ice-cream and chilled out in the market all
afternoon.
Late arvo we had drinks on the roof terrace and then went
for a very boozy all you can eat thali where the booze was “secret” and the
manager skulled a beer in 11 seconds.
Back at the hotel we disturbed the peace by being rowdy on
the rooftop.
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