Another foggy start to the day with quite a chill in the air; shame really as it doesn’t make for good photography. Met our guide (can’t recall his name) for the day who gave us an overview on the city. It’s called the sun or blue city; major industries are textile, craftwork and tourism, (refer to Wikipedia for more info). He also informed us that India has the 2nd largest army in the world, boohoo.
The 3 main touris attractions in Jodhpur were the Fort (every town has one, like we have pubs/churches and/or Masonic halls), the Crematorium (it’s beautiful) and the current Royal Palace.
Proceeding through unusually quiet streets, came across a field where women were using the traditional method to dry large dyed textile sheets by spreading them on the ground with a stone at each end. Let me get to the fort; one has a choice, to climb to the top or take a lift; I’ll leave it to you to guess what we did. Another magnificent monument built on a hill by the then maharajah during the mogul reign (worth looking up its history in Wikipedia). Small world, we ran into a couple from Sutherland that we had previously met, giving all of us to share our experiences since the first meeting.
Next stop was to the crematorium, another stunning Mogul architecture which is exclusively in use for the Maharajah’s family.
Next stop was to the residence of the current maharajah, another magnificent Palace. For economic reasons, it’s been divided into 3 parts; one is a museum which we enjoyed, one is a luxury hotel and the other is the maharajah family residence. Two of the three are by invitation only and we do not know people in high places to get one. We’ll work on it.
Maharajahs come from a privileged background; but funds raised by their initiatives go some way towards creating jobs for the locals and maintenance costs to preserve the heritage for future generations.
I’ll end today’s blog by acknowledging the staff in the hotel we are staying at, as it is the best guest experience we have enjoyed to date. It’s appropriate that it is named WelcomeHotel.
The 3 main touris attractions in Jodhpur were the Fort (every town has one, like we have pubs/churches and/or Masonic halls), the Crematorium (it’s beautiful) and the current Royal Palace.
Proceeding through unusually quiet streets, came across a field where women were using the traditional method to dry large dyed textile sheets by spreading them on the ground with a stone at each end. Let me get to the fort; one has a choice, to climb to the top or take a lift; I’ll leave it to you to guess what we did. Another magnificent monument built on a hill by the then maharajah during the mogul reign (worth looking up its history in Wikipedia). Small world, we ran into a couple from Sutherland that we had previously met, giving all of us to share our experiences since the first meeting.
Next stop was to the crematorium, another stunning Mogul architecture which is exclusively in use for the Maharajah’s family.
Next stop was to the residence of the current maharajah, another magnificent Palace. For economic reasons, it’s been divided into 3 parts; one is a museum which we enjoyed, one is a luxury hotel and the other is the maharajah family residence. Two of the three are by invitation only and we do not know people in high places to get one. We’ll work on it.
Maharajahs come from a privileged background; but funds raised by their initiatives go some way towards creating jobs for the locals and maintenance costs to preserve the heritage for future generations.
I’ll end today’s blog by acknowledging the staff in the hotel we are staying at, as it is the best guest experience we have enjoyed to date. It’s appropriate that it is named WelcomeHotel.
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