Checked out of the Holiday Inn in Jaipur and loaded up Ravinda’s van and set off for the long drive to Jodphur. It is only 335 km but when you stick to the speed limit of 80km/h and are avoiding vehicles in your lane coming in the opposite direction, scooters, cows in the middle of the highway, assorted other livestock and general impediments, plus mandatory stops at wayside tourist traps to use nasty loos, it takes 5 hours!
Arrived at the luxury Ajit Bawan ‘Built in 1927 exclusively for the Maharadhiraj Sir Ajit Singhji, the younger brother of Maharaja Shri Umaid Singhji of erstwhile Jodhpur State, Ajit Bhawan decades later was opened as the Pioneer Heritage Hotel of India by his Son and daughter-in-law- late Maharaja Swaroop Singhji and Rani Usha Devi respectively. In this magnanimous spread of 20,500 sq. meters, the legacy of Royal Rajputana and its imperial lifestyle is elegantly shared with those who fancy Rajasthan as a perfect base to taste supreme luxuries of the gorgeous era.’
Just wish it wasn’t over 40 degrees as it is really too hot to enjoy the delightful grounds, just want to sit under the AC!
Enjoying the wonderful India trip, one which I always dreamt of going on during my early Maharishi Mahesh Jogi period! Look forward to continuation… mum