I finally have an updated travel story in the #GuiltyBytesGoesTo section with the only difference is that you won’t see a lot of your Miss Guilty in the post! But hey, my bff and my best friend has written the story and this is her 3 day trip to Jodhpur that by the way happened to be super exciting and very well planned. An all girls trip to Rajasthan is possible especially if it is a weekend getaway, want to know how? Continue reading!
Last year, we backpacked to Rishikesh, so this year we decided to give Rajasthan a try. Of all the cities, we wanted to explore the blue city of Rajasthan, Jodhpur. It makes sense to travel to this city during the off season as you not only you get a good bargain anywhere you stay or travel, but you will also find the key cities to be less crowded. This was a budget travel for us and hence we booked our train tickets to Jodhpur well in advance. The trains to Jodhpur originate from Old Delhi Railway station, however they also stopover at the Delhi Cantt station for sometime and that’s why boarding became super convenient for us as we live around that area only.
Day 1 – We arrived at Jodhpur early morning and booked a pre-paid auto to our Hotel Haveli, makrana mohalla, which was located 15 minutes from the railway station. The hotel staff was very friendly, and the rooms had a very traditional feel to them. I had already made the reservations online from the goibibo app, and got really cool discounts too!
Around 11 am planned to kick start out tour with the Mehrangarh Fort – largest fort in Rajasthan being the first stopover. The fort was built in 1498 and one requires at least 3-4 hours to take a complete tour of this magnificent fort. It has museums, handicraft stores, a restaurant and cafe inside it that is worth trying!
The hotel staff handed over a map to us with some detailed directions around the area next to fort. We decided to walk our way around the fort and caught some beautiful glimpses of life and culture in Jodhpur.
The evening was reserved for some adventure and we tried our share of thrills with an English owned company ‘Flying Fox’ that operates a zip tour out of the beautiful Chokelao Gardens within the fort. We made the bookings for the same in advance and got discounts online. You can book the time slot when you want to try the flying fox. There are 6 different ziplines of various lengths and they guarantee fun, speed, and a mesmerizing view of Jodhpur to you.