Rajasthan
In November 2000 Emma and I spent three weeks cycling in eastern Rajasthan, NW India.
Upon arrival in Delhi we took a short domestic flight south to Jaipur, arriving in the early morning. We stayed for a couple of nights, in the Bissau Palace hotel. From Jaipur we took a taxi SW to Kishangarh, were we unloaded the bikes and set off for Pushkar. We stopped for a night at Roopangarh Fort along the way.
After a few nights in Pushkar we cycled to nearby Ajmer and then turned SW down the NH8 highway. We stayed the night in Beawar and spent the next morning on the train in order to avoid riding any more of the highway. We stayed the night in Rawlar Narlai and the morning rode the 38 km to Maharani Bagh, dropped off our bags and went look round the nearby Jain temple at Ranakpur.
From Ranakpur we cycled SW down the length of the Aravalli Hills to Udaipur. We spent three nights at the Kankarwa Haveli there before continuing SW to Jaisamand Lake. After a night on the island we headed back north for Udaipur airport, stopping along the way for a night at Karni Fort in Bambora. The plane took us to Delhi, where after a couple of nights at Nirula's Hotel we caught the plane home.
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Jaipur

Jaipur

Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds), Jaipur

City Palace, Jaipur

City Palace, Jaipur

City Palace, Jaipur

City Palace, Jaipur

Starting out from Kishangarh

On the way to Roopangarh

Approaching Roopangarh

Roopangarh

Roopangarh

Roopangarh

Roopangarh

On the road to Pushkar

On the road to Pushkar

Pushkar

Pushkar ghats

Pushkar Camel Fair

Pushkar Camel Fair

Pushkar Camel Fair

Pushkar Camel Fair, evening

Pushkar, late evening

Pushkar shave

Pushkar to Ajmer road

Beawar Railway Station

Train to Rani

Sri Adinath Jain Temple, Narlai

On the road to Ranakpur

On the road to Ranakpur

Ranakpur temple

Some of the 1444 columns at Ranakpur temple

Ranakpur temple

Ranakpur temple

Ranakpur temple

On the road to Udaipur

On the road to Udaipur

Udaipur from Lake Pichola

Road to Jaisamand

Fisherman on Jaisamand Lake

Fisherman on Jaisamand Lake

The 17th century marble dam at Jaisamand Lake

Leaving Jaisamand Lake

Puncture repair

Approaching Bambora, with Karni Fort on the horizon

Evening in Chandi Chowk Road, Old Delhi

The Red Fort, Delhi

Waiting for a shave, Delhi

The Jama Masjid, Delhi