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September 27, 2003Bundi
Bundi is the city of tubas and pharmacies. As our train rolled into the smallish town of Bundi, we had a strange predicament, no rickshaws!! Most train stations are packed to the brim with pain in the ass richshaw-wallahs who want to wrestle every rupee they can from you and STILL take you to the hotel they get commission from. To our surprise, Bundi's train station had no rickshaws and our group leader had to go gather a few up. As we rode through town, I noticed dozens of pharmacies and also a huge number of shops selling tubas. Umm.... are there many infirmed tuba players in Bundi? I never got to find out unfortunately. What I did find is an amazing palace of ruins, which is owned by the current 56 year old maharaja. As I walked through the palace/ruins, I found brightly colored murals depicting British soldiers, elephants, the various maharanis, etc. Bats and monkeys are now the rulers and inhabitants. The monkeys are the scary red assed ones as well. Nasty things.... bleh. And they all seem to have a case of old man balls... Earlier in the day I also was able to visit Chittorgarh Fort, a fort that spans 13 kilometers. The word MASSIVE comes to mind. We had to have rickshaws drive us around the fort it was so big. Comments
Hey I just want to thank you, Claudia, for re-inspiring me for my trip. I was kinda getting a bit of flack from people about my destination (The SE Asia, AustralAsia thing). They were saying "But everyone does that, and Thailand is just a party place and overtouristed" After reading your blogs (which I do on a regular basis ;) I was quite happy with my choice. It sounds like you are having an awesome time. How is the whole tour experience going for you? Would you recommend it? Keep having fun! Posted by: Dewbie on September 28, 2003 09:41 PMDo you want to pick me up a tuba so I can serenade you on the way to Bangalore? Dewbie - glad to hear you're re-inspired. Thailand defo has its party scene, but that doesn't mean the whole country, much less the entire region of SEAsia, is nothing but a rave haven. If you want to do something else, you won't have a problem finding it, and good on ya for still wanting to go there. Dusty, A tuba is a massive horn instrument (in the trumpet family) that sounds like a elephant farting. It isn't a really pleasant instrument at all, so I'm not sure why the people in Bundi decided it was a good one to buy lots of.... Posted by: Claudia on September 30, 2003 03:07 AMDewbie, Who cares what other people say!! Just go and do it. The tour thing has really taken the hassle out of northern India and I think I would have hated it otherwise. The south is easier, or so Dusty would have me believe..... :) Posted by: Claudia on September 30, 2003 03:08 AMThanks guys :) Well, gonna continue on where I left off ;) Posted by: Dewbie on October 7, 2003 03:14 AMThanks Dewbie for making such an effort. It's good to hear from people. My friends have been SUPER silent lately...... Posted by: Claudia on October 7, 2003 10:47 AMOh, and no Sri Lanka as of now... if ruins the budget. I am considering making some mods to the itinerary though after hearing some rave reviews about a Tibet trip. If I can arrange for it in April, I will be in Tibet for my birthday. :) It will leave me up in Nepal as well so I will able to hang around and possibly do some trekking there. Posted by: Claudia on October 7, 2003 10:54 AMThey all are mad. Posted by: man on December 9, 2003 08:48 AMhellow, I am 19 years old and i am from Belgium, i was wondering where i could meet some other travellers in Sri lanka. it is so hard. |
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