Hi all,
I may have been a little bit too hasty being proud of myself for being in India for a week without getting Delhi belly. I suffered from it for two days but am fine again as of today. Here are some more updates.
Jaisalmer: Imagine a fortress slash walled city on a hilltop in the middle of the desert made of limestone glittering golden in the sunlight. Very small and very cute and the people were unbelievably nice. Hearing random people say 'hello' and 'good morning' to you without any ulterior motive was a welcome break from all the hassling. We got cornered by a holy cow near the ramparts that was suffering from Multiple Personalities Disorder. When we tried to pass it started to rub its head against Olaf, it thought it was a cat!!!
Lodhruva: used to be the capital of Jaisalmer state before the founding of Jaisalmer state. It is a small village in the middle of desert consisting of absolutely nothing!
As it turned out, traveling from Jaisalmer via Bikaner to Amritsar would be really annoying with lots of trains leaving and arriving the middle of the night and we decided against it. So, we changed our itinerary and decided to Uttar Pradesh first.
Agra: after a night with hardly any sleep on a sleeper train that arrived at 5.30am and then a regular 2nd class train sitting on hard benches trying not to be pushed off by Indians, we arrived in Agra where it immediately started raining. It has been drizzling all day and as it is Friday the Taj Mahal is closed. We did take some nice pictures of it though and visited Agra's Mughal fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
And now we are done here. The people are annoying and the weather sucks. Tomorrow we are off to the erotic temples in Khajuraho!
Ciao, Fe
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