A romantic dinner at the Ratan Vilas Hotel in Jodphur, romantic as my mom and me!
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
The handprints of widows who burned themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands....it sucked to be a women back the...
Inside the Mehrangarh Fort. Women followed strict purdah (headcoverings and not allowed outside), therefore they could only look out through the tiny window slits and no lusting men could see in to them...
An elephant seat, fit for a Raj...
'Lungs at Work Please Don't Smoke'. It is an Indian law that people are forbidden from smoking on the street (inside is another story)
A room in the fort
The Blue City of Jodhpur, where traditionally, the Brahmins lived
Another plush room
This is what the women saw through the windows...
just before this photo, he was brushing his mustache
A Jain temple, Jodhpur
Shopping in Jodhpur!
Embellishment
The fort from afar, I should have been doing what the guy on the right is, instead we were drinking Kingfishers
Calculating our purchases
too many options!
This cow caused a 15 minute traffic jam!
a town along the way to Jaisalmer
a Jain temple
stopping along the side of the road for fruit
Pakora! Cauliflower and other veg fried in chickpea flour...
One of many such camel haulers along the road
local transport, Rajasthani style
kite flying at sunset in Jaisalmer
our lovely friend, Gappu and his son, Krishna
dinner!
Guarding the fort
this amazing desert caterpillar was unfortunately smashed moments after this photo was taken
a roadside thali break
Jaisalmer fort at night
along the back streets of Jaisalmer
cow dung patties
bedspreads
a beautiful haveli (mansion)
our friends for the afternoon
Gappu's amazing vintage and antique textiles...we were drooling from the moment we stepped inside...
