January 2014
Place Date Weather Activities
Delhi Wednesday, 01.01.2014 20°C Booking of tour through Rajasthan and Gujarat with car and driver.
Delhi Thursday, 02.01.2014 23°C Red Fort. Kirsten feels sick at the entrance. Mean rickshaw driver. Kirsten shits her pants!
Delhi Friday, 03.01.2014 20°C Helen gets diarrhoea too. Oh, oh! Myanmar visas ready for pick up.
Delhi Saturday, 04.01.2014 20°C Constant visits to the toilet.
Delhi -
Jaipur
Sunday, 05.01.2014 20°C Rajasthan tour starts in the fog. Visiting Pahrlad's home. Water Palace in Jaipur. Hotel problems.
Jaipur Monday, 06.01.2014 22°C Wind Palace. City Palace. Govind Dev Ji Hindu Temple. Galta Ji Temple. Diarrhoea.
Jaipur Tuesday, 07.01.2014 18°C Dr. Panicker provides us with tablets. Only Helen manages a stool sample.
Jaipur -
Pushkar
Wednesday, 08.01.2014 18°C Problems with a 500 Rupie note. Elephant ride at Amber Fort. Fried Aborigine!
Pushkar Thursday, 09.01.2014 21°C Walk through Pushkar. Pig eats cow shit. Camel almost knocked over by tractor. Didn't make it all the way up to Savitri Temple. Pushkar by night.
Pushkar Friday, 10.01.2014 17°C Kirsten visits the Dargah Sharif Mosque in Ajmer and Pahrlad has to play her husband. Gurudwara Sikh Temple. Kirsten has diarrhoea again.
Pushkar -
Bikaner
Saturday, 11.01.2014 18°C 20.000 black rats at Karni Mata Rat Temple. Kirsten vomits at the entrance.
Bikaner Sunday, 12.01.2014 18°C Kirsten almost faints at Junagarh Fort.
Bikaner -
Jaisalmer
Monday, 13.01.2014 20°C Lalgarh Palace. Flat tire. Demoiselle Cranes.
Jaisalmer Tuesday, 14.01.2014 21°C Helen has diarrhoea. Jaisalmer Fort. Fantastic Jain Temple. Havelis.
Jaisalmer -
Khuri
Wednesday, 15.01.2014 21°C Lodurva Jain Temple. Royal tombs at Bada Bagh. Gadsisar Lake. Camel ride at Khuri sand dunes.
Khuri -
Jodhpur
Thursday, 16.01.2014 22°C Tom Cruise and Shakira. Bad road to Jodhpur. Clothes washing in the hotel tub. Diarrhoea again.
Jodhpur Friday, 17.01.2014 21°C Walk through Jodhpur.
Jodhpur Saturday, 18.01.2014 21°C Mehrangarh Fort. "Taj Mahal Rajasthan's" - Jaswant Thada. Umaid Bhawan Palace. Kirsten cuts Helen's hair and gets sick again afterwards.
Jodhpur Sunday, 19.01.2014 21°C Kirsten too sick to visit Kumbalgarh Fort.
Jodhpur -
Udaipur
Monday, 20.01.2014 22°C Famous Jain Temple in Ranakpur.
Udaipur Tuesday, 21.01.2014 22°C Lots of rain. Streets are flooded.
Udaipur Wednesday, 22.01.2014 23°C Jagdish Temple. Walk to other side of lake.
Udaipur -
Ahmedabad
Thursday, 23.01.2014 27°C Adalaj Stepwell.
Ahmedabad -
Vadodara
Friday, 24.01.2014 27°C Hanti Singh Temple.
Vadodara Saturday, 25.01.2014 27°C Lakshmi Vilas Palace.
Vadodara -
Udaipur
Sunday, 26.01.2014 25°C Shree Ranchhodraiji Temple in Dakor. Krishna Temple in Shandaji. Long driving day.
Udaipur -
Chittaurgarh
Monday, 27.01.2014 25°C City Palace and royal tombs in Udaipur. Krishna Temple in Shreemaya. Wedding party at our hotel.
Chittaurgarh -
Bundi
Tuesday, 28.01.2014 25°C Chittaurgarh Fort. Bundi Palace. Queen's Bath.
Bundi -
Ranthambore NP
Wednesday, 29.01.2014 24°C 84 Pillar Cenotaph. Diarrhoea again.
Ranthambore NP Thursday, 30.01.2014 24°C Safari in Zone 3. Lots of animals but no tigers. The afternoon safari in Zone 10 is a disaster and we demand another trip.
Ranthambore NP -
Bharatpur
Friday, 31.01.2014 22°C Highlights in Zone 5: a hyena running away with a kill in its mouth, huge Sambar dear in the mud and TWO TIGERS!!! Abaneri Bath.