Looking through the Saree

Some of the regional Rajastan paintings and my new saree.

After an hour in the local saree shop, the choice of millions of brightly coloured fabrics, and a few measurements, a whole new perspective of India emerged.

"No hurry, no worry, no chicken, no curry"

"I don't ride the camel, because my bottom ran away to Pakistan, so I will search for it all year and maybe next year I will ride the camel".  The answer our very funny guide told us when I asked him why he walked in front of our camel, instead of riding his own. After two days and one night in the desert our bottoms had also run off to Pakistan and we walked like we were cross country skiing (skating!). 

Tackling the traffic!

 
After two weeks of touring the tourist beat through Rajasthan today we decided to take a detour.  It was time to step away from the tourist bazaars with stalls all competing for your rupee, German bakeries and tourist cafes all selling croisants and 'continental food'.  People trying to pull you into their shop to show you something special, and being just another white face in the crowd not venturing too far away.  The freedom machine came to the rescue again and we were set for some cycling!!

Our Two Rings

 

India is full of surprises, every corner we turn, every new place we visit, we are constantly surprised by what reveals itself, and you can be sure, we have no idea what's coming next!  Ordering lunch at a little snack shop the other day we were refused what we ordered because the guy behind the counter thought that another of his snacks was better, so we needed that instead (and he was right).  After lunch we ventured into the old fort in Jaisalmer not really knowing what was coming next.

Kuari pass... tick!

Another jaunt into the Himalaya, this time in Uttarkhand with a bit of luxury, and a trek like none other completed by us, very novel and I must say, very nice!  Once again the Himalaya showed us another face with some very different scenery.... green grass and forests!

The loo with a view :)

So, I know you have all been hanging out for this one, and after 2 months we have a good idea of how the loos work around here and lets just say things are much easier when you are a man!
In India it seems that the world is your toilet... and I thought you'd like to know about all the options... just in case you end up here one day!.. and don't worry there are no poo stories!