The Blue City

Street performer shakin' his booty

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Heading back from the western edge of Rajasthan to its center, we made our way to Jodhpur. Jodhpur was the the center of yet another mighty kingdom in Rajasthan, the Marwar dynasty.

It's known as the Blue city as many of the houses in the old city are painted blue, to keep houses cool and keep mosquitoes away. The old city is quite large with a magical feel to it, that is while rickshaws aren't missing you by inches in the narrow streets. At the center of town is Merangarh Fort. The sheer size, the architecture and the excellent museum exhibits (like the maharajas golden elephants seats) in the fort made it our favorite in Rajasthan.

Jodhpur also featured great food. We had the best lassis (yogurt based drink) we've had yet in India, think saffron lassis which reminded us of liquid Kringel (Kringel is yummy Estonian sweetbread). Also we splurged on an expensive dinner and were treated to delicious tandoori goat and vegetables, one of the best Indian meals we've had to-date!

The fort in Jodhpur

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While we missed some of the other major sites in and around Jodhpur we had a great time there, as our stomachs were happy!