{"id":1947,"date":"2019-02-23T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2025-03-22T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:34:52","slug":"bundi-chittorgarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/2019\/02\/23\/bundi-chittorgarh\/","title":{"rendered":"Chittorgarh & Bundi"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Getting the bus from Udaipur to Chittorgarh was no problem. Semi-deluxe, that’s a laugh but I got a seat. The journey was pretty boring, just views of major road works everywhere and dust. The station in Chittorgarh is across the river from the old town so I managed to avoid the trishaw drivers and just walked across the bridge observing the hill fort in the distance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I found my designated hotel,\u00a0Hotel Ganesh<\/a>,\u00a0pretty easily. Their website describes it as the best hotel in Chittorgarh. Hmm, hardly. I decide against the “Femily delux AC room suite” and just go for a normal delux room which was adequate. The boss, Mr Kailash, tells me he has specially upgraded me at no extra price. The shower is cold but hot water provided by the bucket. So that is delux. I headed out into town which was better than first impressions. Lots of activity, an interesting spice market and quite a large muslim population.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Town is quite flat but the nearer you get to the start of the hill, where the fort is, the older the buildings and narrower the lanes. Quite a few blue buildings here as well, like Jodhpur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Like many Indian towns, animals are wandering freely in the streets but if you look up you can often spy some brightly coloured birds. There are often various kingfishers if there is water nearby and also plenty of birds of prey. I snapped this Black Shouldered Kite in the centre of town. As it was February, it was peak wedding season. I heard the procession before I saw it: The Raju band leading a bunch of ladies with water jugs on their heads. I met them later on delivering their presents at the bride’s house. The last photo below is a food stall where I had a meal. Cauliflower curry I think. I could only get the chef’s stomach in the photo as he was so big and the restaurant so small.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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