Jodhpur – The Blue City

Our train from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur was delayed so we didn’t get in until around midnight. We were greeted by a random tuk tuk driver who just so happened to guess that we were staying at Hem Guest House… seems legit enough, since they said they’d be sending us a driver.

The lock on our door to our room

This guy ended up paying another tuk tuk driver to drive us to our hotel, and we ended up weaving in and out of tight alleyways in the dark of night. We stayed at a guest house, so the family actually lived below us. They were nice but didn’t speak much English and couldn’t figure out the wifi for us (adding to our blog backlog). There was also no hot water, but this wasn’t too bad since it was so hot outside. Our room was actually pretty spacious, had two twin beds pushed together, and a balcony which came in handy for drying our laundry. The guest house also had a rooftop restaurant, as every hotel or hostel seems to have, and it had a nice view of the Mehrangarh Fort.

With forts as a common theme in India, we decided to check out Jodhpur’s fort to get a view of the blue city. It wasn’t too far away and we walked through the alleys passing by different shades of blue houses and children going to school.

Walking through blue alleys

When we got to the fort, there weren’t many people around, and we weren’t sure where exactly to go. So, instead of continuing on the wide paved fort path, we decided to walk on a small grass covered path hidden to the side (Bill’s idea of course). This hidden path proved to provide stunning views of the city, and there was no one around! (Except a nice Colombian tourist who helped us take some photos).

Colour coordinating with the city

We found another secret spot for a nice city view

 

We decided to continue along this path less traveled, and climbed some stairs to get further up the side of the fort. The result?

Bill wanted to climb to the top

A very blue city

We went back to our hotel and freshened up. We arranged to meet with Ajda and Jure for a cheap dinner near the market and clock tower. This later became a reoccuring theme, but our dinner turned out to actually be quite expensive (for India). We dined at a place called The Curry’s, which had beer(!) and a nice rooftop view of the fort. Here, we chatted over a delicious Indian meal and planned our roadtrip to Udaipur for the next day.

The Curry’s rooftop view of the fort

The Curry’s non-veg thali was delicious!