After good Indian fayre at the hotel last night, we set out for a stroll around town, hoping to find a bar with wifi. The "stroll" turned out to be a bit more frenetic than we had hoped because of the need to dodge a large number of motorbikes hurtling though the narrow streets with hooters blazing. It also turns out that Bundi is pretty much a dry town. Apparently the town has a large Brahmin ( top Hindu caste) population which don't permit alcohol- however, we did manage to find a couple of bottles of Kingfisher and smuggled them back to our room.
Bundi by night.
Today we climbed up to the spectacular old palace and fort in Bundi.
There are some well preserved paintings about 400 years old- this one shows the Maharaja taking a crafty peek at the ladies in the shower.
In typical Indian style, right at the top of the fort was a mobile phone mast-those Maharajas certainly knew a thing or two about communications!
Great news from home -just got an email from Nancy to say its a girl!!
I was looking at you, Colin, and seeing the caption 'A well-preserved painting' and thinking, 'Well, it ain't that well-preserved.' but of course, it was the picture above, not the one below. You sound as if you're having a good time - but eating meat? Have you seen what that meat is like when it's hanging on a stall before it's bought, covered in flies? Tut, tut, you carnivores.
ReplyDeletePS Sorry I missed your call the other day - I leave my computer on, even when I'm not here. Maybe catch you next time?
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