Day 85 - Tordi to Nimaj, Rajasthan, India

Day 85 – His

 

Today was supposed to be only a four hour drive to Nimaj, another little village in the middle of nowhere, India. What that means is that most of the people haven’t seen a white skin outside of the movies and they all assume we are either American or film stars or a mix of both. Unfortunately for some reason unknown to us it took over six hours to get here so we all arrived tired and a little grumpy.

We had two stops along the way the first being at a petrol station and the second at some roadside cafe that in order to get to the driver of our bus crossed the dual carriageway we were on and drove for a couple of miles along the wrong side of the road. It was a bit hairy to have all the traffic coming at us flashing lights and blowing horns but the driver seemed perfectly happy and we arrived in one piece – so what is there to complain about.

After arriving at the hotel we had lunch and were supposed to go on a jeep safari. But the bus journey had been too much and no one felt like doing it so we rearranged it for tomorrow morning. What most people did – us included, was laze by the poolside (This hotel, which is an old maharajah’s hunting lodge, has a pool!) and our guide arranged massages for everyone. So in the end – despite the long bus journey - the afternoon and evening turned out to be pretty relaxing.