Udaipur, India

I apologize for not posting in a few days; it was not due to laziness but inaccessibility. The computer in Jodphur was terrible, and the entire city of Ranakpur looked at me like I had a dick on my forehead when I asked for one there.

Anyways, as promised, some pictures. I'd like to add that for every picture I show, I have about twenty more from that place that I'd like to share... but it takes approximately seven minutes to get each picture on the web, so you do the math time-wise. And I have to pay for internet and blah blah.

My photobucket album before was not public, which I didn't know; but now it is. So follow the link I gave in an earlier post and all of the photos can be found there simultaneously.

My first stop in India was Delhi. In Old Delhi, I stood in a rooftop of some guy's house and gazed at the old city. Look at the traffic below--that's how India is, always. And the guy said to me, "not busy this month, not tourist season."

I'd like to add that India is dirty. Indians sometimes get defensive when I say this to them, but they always end up admitting it too. It's dirty! But beautiful. But dirty! You can't really tell here, but look at the floow in the corner--its all dirt and rocks and garbage.

I visited Humayans Tomb in Delhi which was spectacular. The buildings alongside were so pretty, and this is one of them.

My best friend Sarah yelled at me for not being in enough shots, so here I am at the same place. I'd like to add that this is one of the many buildings and garden areas that you walk through before reaching the actual tomb.

Here's some cute Indian women who look innocent enough, but, after requesting that I take their picture, they stuck their hand out for rupees. I gave them some Thai Baht (it was all I had) and they looked confused.

This is the actual building where Humayans Tomb is kept. Humayan was some big shot ruler, and upon his death, his wife built him this entire establishment in his honor.

In that building... the actual tomb. All this for that one coffin!

I'm not posting any pictures of Jhun-Jhuno (I think I spelled that right) or Bikaner, because it was SO hot that I didn't have the energy to carry around my camera. But Tree took some pictures of the SPECTACULAR havelis (or old houses all covered in artwork and carvings)--and there was a woman temple which was very fascinating because there were so many people worshipping the gods and providing gifts for them at the altar.

On to Jaisalmer, or the "golden city". As I posted before, Jaisalmer is in the middle of the Thar Desert, about an hour and a half away from Pakistan, and absolutely striking. The fact that such a large civilization could have been built in a desert (and that enormous sandstone fort!) is unbelievable.

This is the fort from a distance. As I've mentioned many times already, people still live in here, and it looks as if it were fake. Everything is sandstone. (Yes, I totally overexposed that shot but I was using a manual camera in 110 degree weather, give me some credit). And this shot, which I purposely overexposed, I like.

Like anywhere else in India, cows are everywhere. Look closely at the shot, there are so many of them. And I think they purposely like to hang out in the middle of roads and highways and take naps, because I see them there quite often. Maybe they know how revered they are and know they won't be hit.

Here I am at the highest possible point in Jaisalmer (or one of them at least): on the roof of a three-story building, in the fort. The background is the desert/city.

I have many more pictures but it is time for my Indian massage, and then I have to pick up the shirts that I've gotten tailored (How bratty does that sound? I am getting so spoiled here!). Also, the ones of Jodhpur and Ranakpur have yet to be burned into a disc and I doubt my hotel has a card reader. But the good news is that it has been very cloudy since I left Jaisalmer, so it has not been very hot at all, and it is amazing!!