We arrived this morning around 615 am, just an hour late. Both Ale and I did not have our best night's rest as it was a bit chilly. She shouldn't have kicked me out of her bed, just saying. Luckily it was a short train ride, so it was over before we knew it and we took a rickshaw to our little haveli. Most of the time, we can check into our room early when we arrive after a night journey, but today there weren't any available rooms. So they let us rest in "The Camel Lounge" which was actually awesome. It was in the middle of a square of rooms and it was dark and they had chaise lounges for each of us and a blanket. I got a solid 4 hours in. We didn't end up getting our room until about noon. I had been itching for a shower since I boarded that sleeper train with my dirty NorthFace on at 1030 pm the night before so the fact that the water wasn't warm didn't phase me. I've learned that as long as I have good pressure or hot water, I'm happy. Both is like winning the lottery.
After getting clean and having a quick breakfast Ale and I headed over to the fort. It's a popular thing here in Rajasthan. This fort was gorgeous! I went into the palace museum and took my usual 5 pictures/second. Ale wasn't interested in going in, which was fine with me until I realized I had to switch the lenses on my camera every 5 minutes. Having two cameras is nice. The views of the city were beautiful. Jodhpur is called the blue city because many of the houses are painted blue. Originally this was to show a Brahmin lived there (the upper caste) but eventually everyone was painting their houses blue. It's a really cool sight to look down on. Our haveli has some beautiful views from the roof so we've been having fun capturing this town.
After spending the afternoon in the fort, Ale and I headed over to the clock tower which is in the center of the town surrounded by markets. We had a butter cheese omelet from "The Omelet Man" who makes 1000-1500 eggs a day, 7 days a week. He has this little stand as you enter a gate into the clock tower square. He's in lonely planet and we've heard lots of good things about him from other people. I tried not to paint a ridiculous expectation of him making the best omelets in the world, but I kind of expected it. It was good, don't get me wrong. For 25 rupees I got basically 2 sandwiches of omelet with ooey gooey cheese and the man was very nice. Again this is one of the experiences where you have to close your eyes and enjoy, because if you open you won't like what you see.
Ale and I also tasted (aka Ale ate 16) pani poori and then I got a mirchi bhaji (a samosa-esque fried chili.) I'm getting pretty good at eating spicy things. We did our usual browsing, but luckily this market was more geered to the locals so since we weren't looking for baby clothes, saris, or produce, our wallets were spared. There were a bunch of spice shops but I had no clue who to trust, so I did my research tonight and will be returning tomorrow to get some goodies.
Otherwise, we plan to eat a lot tomorrow and see where the day takes us! We've realized we have only 2 weeks left. Not only is it sad (though we aren't going to talk about it again) but that also means that in 3 weeks I find out where I go for the next 4 years. Kind of overwhelming!
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