Jodhpur and the Lake City of Udaipur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur is the second largest city
in Rajasthan. Its central location alongside the stark desert landscape makes
it a popular tourist destination and a gateway to the Thar Desert. Jodhpur is
known as both the “Sun City” and the “Blue City,” two aspects of the city that
we really practiced in person.
The “Sun City” nickname comes from the brawny sunlight that sweeps
the city from east to west all year round. Unwanted to say, it was extraordinarily
hot in Jodhpur. During our wait, temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius during
the day and no less than 28 at night. Walking beneath the sun was an arduous
task and we could never do it for more than five minutes without looking for
some shelter under the shade. An auto rickshaw ride was like being inside a
convection oven, with the hot dry wind cooking our soft tissue. We probably
would have enjoyed Jodhpur more had we come a different time of year.
The other nickname, the “Blue City,” was far more satisfying than
the first one. To find out why Jodhpur is blue, we head to the mighty and healthy
Mehrangarh Fort.
The walk up the small alley of the Mehrangarh Fort wasn’t easy in
the heat. After many breaks, we finally supervise to reach the walls that disregarded
the city. From 120m above, we saw the stunning signature blue of the many nearby
houses.
The color blue traditionally signified the home of a Brahmin;
however, non-Brahmins also caught on to it and the result were a blue wave in
the middle of the dirty setting. I had never seen anything quite like it and it
was beautiful in its own way. We appreciated it for as long as we could, before
the sun really became intolerable.
Udaipur
Nicknamed the “City
of Lakes,” Udaipur was far more convenient when it came to the weather.
The large bodies of water dotted around the city helped to keep it cool and
also provide attractive promenade to get together and relax.
Once careful the most romantic city in all of India, the tourist
development Wedding in Udaipur was not as wide-ranging as other places in Rajasthan. We practiced
this first hand during our stroll through the City Palace.
Even though the views of Pichola Lake and the lake palace were indisputably
beautiful, most of the buildings in the City Palace have been renewed to
luxurious hotels and were no longer easy to get to, with only a few open
galleries remaining. It positively wasn’t what we expected; however, something
different and equally unforeseen surprised us there.
On the way out of the palace, we dappled a large group of people
crowding around something. As we got close, we found out why. Two very large
snakes were in the groove doing what seemed, at first, to be the romantic dance
of life. We are really shocked to find such huge snakes in the center of the
city. It was only later that with some research, I found it wasn’t a mating
dance at all. It was in fact a deceitfully deadly battle between two male
snakes combating for territory. I had never seen such large snakes in the
middle of the street, it was a tad terrifying.
We ruined our visit to Udaipur
with a meeting with local family friends. After a great time spent over coffee,
they took us to Fateh Sagar Lake for a nocturnal stroll. It was calm and
relaxing, charming in a way that only a lake city could be. We sat on the walkway,
chatted, and even watched a artistic dance show. Many locals were also bringing
into being chilling by the lake and it was not hard to see why.
Jodhpur and Udaipur marked the end of our stay in Rajasthan. Having seen the tourist
attractions, we can definitively say that the state deserve its image as one of
the most popular touristic parts of India. From here, we begin heading south,
to see yet another different part of this diverse country
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