Madhogarh
- 2010
We travelled on a local bus and then in open jeeps from Agra to Mahhogarh.
Some village scenes along the way.
??? ... in the front of the bus
A pharmacy.
I was surprised to see domesticated camels.
There were a number of brickworks along the way.
Fort Madhogarh
A place of faded grandeur, the fort belongs to the royal family of Rajasthan.
Royalty has no official standing in India now.
It was a fantastic experience to stay here.
A red-carpet Rajasthan welcome to the fort.
Our foreheads were painted with vermillion, women with a dot, men with a stripe.
As well we had bougainvillea petals sprinkled in our hair.
Animesh, our tour-leader.
We were serenaded by musicians before and during dinner.
The turban started as a long scarf-like piece of material.
It took them nearly half an hour to wind and twist it onto my head.
Dressed for a Rajasthan dinner.
Madhogarh Village
We walked down the hill from Madhogarh Fort to Madhogarh village.
This area is not on the tourist trail and IntrepidTravel are keen to keep it this way.
Just as with my earlier trip to Burmain July, a major highlight was walking through villages.
The children loved having their photos taken and having their photos shown to them on the camera display.
The older people having seen the photos wanted their photo taken too.
A fantastic walk.
A brickworks in the distance.
The village school.
Health messages ... exercise, eat healty, do not smoke ....
A sturdy tank-stand.
The next morning we travelled through larger towns to Jaipur.
This is a dual-lane highway. Can you see why you cannot average much above 50kph?
We travelled on a local bus and then in open jeeps from Agra to Mahhogarh.
Some village scenes along the way.
??? ... in the front of the bus
A pharmacy.
I was surprised to see domesticated camels.
There were a number of brickworks along the way.
Fort Madhogarh
A place of faded grandeur, the fort belongs to the royal family of Rajasthan.
Royalty has no official standing in India now.
It was a fantastic experience to stay here.
A red-carpet Rajasthan welcome to the fort.
Our foreheads were painted with vermillion, women with a dot, men with a stripe.
As well we had bougainvillea petals sprinkled in our hair.
Animesh, our tour-leader.
We were serenaded by musicians before and during dinner.
The turban started as a long scarf-like piece of material.
It took them nearly half an hour to wind and twist it onto my head.
Dressed for a Rajasthan dinner.
Madhogarh Village
We walked down the hill from Madhogarh Fort to Madhogarh village.
This area is not on the tourist trail and IntrepidTravel are keen to keep it this way.
Just as with my earlier trip to Burmain July, a major highlight was walking through villages.
The children loved having their photos taken and having their photos shown to them on the camera display.
The older people having seen the photos wanted their photo taken too.
A fantastic walk.
A brickworks in the distance.
The village school.
Health messages ... exercise, eat healty, do not smoke ....
A sturdy tank-stand.
The next morning we travelled through larger towns to Jaipur.
This is a dual-lane highway. Can you see why you cannot average much above 50kph?
