Alternative Christmas in Rajasthan

Well I thought this was going to be a relaxing sitting around sort of trip and I worried that I had not brought enough books to read. To be honest, it could have been if I had wanted but there was so much to do and see ....... Riding At the castle they have beautiful Marwari horses, distant relatives of the desert Arabs, with unusual curved ears. There are horses that guests can ride.                                                       Cycling There are 4 bicycles there to use and KP came with us as a guide, the nice thing about a bike is that you can stop when you want to ......                KP helping Julian sampling the local tobacco! Yoga The lovely Kulwinder came from Delhi as our yoga teacher, offered us yoga on the roof top twice a day and was a...

Chittaurgarh We were picked up in a couple of jeeps for our hours drive to Chittaugarh. The drive over was very scenic, and at the top of most hills was a temple, but the levels of pollution were clearly visible.   A "whose's looking at who" moment and a temple atop the hill           A lovely drive down towards chittaurgarh              The huge Chittaurgarh Fort, 13 kms in circumference, looks down at the city below           Daily life as we passed by. I think the sacking was probably being used to slow the drying time of the concrete that was being laid. The area is famous for local marble and granite its many cement factories.                     The Fort Now this was a surprise - it is the largest fort not just in India but in all of Asia, and is now a UNESCO world heritage site.  Ashame...