Jodhpur and Luni

After Khejarla we moved on to Jodhpur, also know as the blue city, blue being the colour of Brahmin or those of the preist caste. The trend of painting houses blue, as trends by nature do, seems to have spread somewhat. "Just go straight down this road and turn left at the blue house...".This is a view of Jodhpur showing the lower portion of the fort and the town itself.














The forts of India range in size from small to massive, locations from the accesible to the unassailable depending on factors such as the wealth and resources possessed by those requiring it to be built and the degree of threat posed by rivals. The Mehrangarh fort was one of the biggest we saw. Assaulting this momma would not have been fun.














From Jodhpur we drove on to Luni, which was a very small town yet it sported a very impressive luxurious hotel, behind a large wall and gate. I can only think it must be nicely located as a key stopover on the way to somewhere.

I forget what the name of this particular festival was, but that night the villagers were rocking along to the local 'Gerba' dance under lights. There is no nightime curfew for kids here, they went on dancing away, singing and clicking sticks until early the next morning!

Some of the local kids suggested I get up and go for a dance, clearly they had either never actually seen me dance or alternatively were keen to clear the place out early.














The price of banana's had everyone a bit bummed...