Jodhpur

Between Jaisalmer and our next stop, Udaipur, is the city of Jodhpur. Jodhpur has a spectacular fort as well as a distinctly blue flavor to its older areas, a paint job which represents the Brahman caste as best we can tell. It also has a bigger train-station where we hoped to get some help in booking some tickets for the following weeks. We decided that it was worth a stop.

After a long morning on a crowded bus that was just packed with the colors and style of Rajasthani dress (think brilliant colors, many loose layers, spectacular turbans and lots of jewelry...), we arrived in the early afternoon. Our visit to the train station was fairly fruitless, but we did achieve our visit to the huge fort there, Meherangarh. It has a commanding location that overlooks the whole city, offering great views, and while we were there the late afternoon sun washed the entire structure in gold.