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India day 34 – Bikaner to Jodhpur, Rajasthan

In order to get to Udaipur in Southern Rajasthan we have to return to Jodhpur where we stay overnight and pick up a taxi tomorrow to take us the remaining 280 or so km.  Udaipur is very poorly served by … Continue reading

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India day 33 – Bikaner, Rajasthan

Today we revisit the Old City on foot to meander the local bazaar and a few of the side streets of this medieval walled town.  Bikaner is hardly touched by tourism and there are none of the handicraft shops that … Continue reading

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India day 32 – Bikaner, Rajasthan

Bikaner is a dusty city of about half a million people and we are staying slightly out of the city centre opposite the velodrome and the Dr Karni Singh Stadium both of which are just across the road.  We decide … Continue reading

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India day 31 – Jaisalmer to Bikaner, Rajasthan

The taxi journey to Bikaner takes around five hours.  There is no air con so all the windows are fully open  all the way and the breeze blasts waves of searing waves of heat through the car.  It’s scrub desert … Continue reading

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