27th February 2014 (Day 19) Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
(This is the last post for India, out of 56 posts with 1,000 images and 20,000 words.)
After Mehrangarh Fort, we visited Jaswant Thada. It is in the Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park and close to the fort, the walls of which you can see on the horizon at the left.
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Jaswant Thada is a white marble memorial built by Maharaja Sardar Singh in 1899 in memory of his father, Maharaja Jaswant Singh II.
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There was a small bird with iridescent blue plumage feeding on the blossoms of a tree. It is somewhat like an Australian Honeyeater but I don’t know what kind of bird it is.
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On the skyline is the Umaid Bhawan Palace, residence of the family of the Maharaja, built in the 1930s and finished in 1943. Amongst other things it is a monument to incredible wealth but in 1948, Marwar became part of India and the Maharajas lost their taxation revenue. The palace has 347 rooms and includes a hotel where you can stay for as little as $A400 per night, or if you feel like lashing out, $A1,725 per night for a grand royal bedroom suite.
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Back to Jaswant Thada, this is the shrine inside.
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Bronwynne, a member of our party, on the left, had just been photographing this Indian family.
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Later, on the way back to the hotel, we passed this demonstration. Our driver was unable to say what they were demonstrating about.
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This street vendor obligingly stopped for a photograph.
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Goodbye from India! This is an appropriate image to end on as well as being chronologically the last photograph.
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[…] 27th: Jodhpur – Jaswant Thada […]
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Thanks for taking me on this beautiful voyage with you!
Greetings, Ron.
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Thanks very much Ron. Your appreciation is much appreciated.
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Cool trip! I must visit Jodhpur again!
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Definitely a great trip! An amazing kaleidescope of wonderful people and places.
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Definitely a great trip! An amazing kaleidescope of wonderful people and places.
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What a journey you are on Murray – it is only a pity you weren’t coming to Scotland now as now I have left the RA I would have had time to show you around myself rather than direct you never mind – that how it goes – keep travelling
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Tweeted Murray
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I take it you mean you sent out the post in a tweet. Tweeting is a bit beyond my technology horizons. (Part of me is a mix of ex-IT professional and Luddite).
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Well I’m back to posting on Scotland in a few days, starting with St Kilda.
Maybe I’ll be back some time, I could definitely spend more time in Orkney and Shetland, for example, and there’s any number of places I didn’t get to.
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Well let me know and I will meet you this time. I have retired from the RAF now and am shooting property and landscape for a living. It was the right time to change direction – I am thoroughly enjoying it.
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You definitely live in the right place for it. Any number of compelling subjects within easy access.
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What a wonderful journey, thanks for taking us with you. And what a mammoth undertaking, posting it in 56 segments with all those words and images for us to follow along. I look forward to your next journey 🙂 and thank you again, Murray, for all the information it made for interesting and educational reading.
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Thank you for your support and feedback, Lee.
In a few days I’m resuming posting on my North Atlantic trip, starting with the remote wild islands of St Kilda, about as far from the warm colourful intensity of India as you can imagine….
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Looking forward to it, as we slide finally into a very mild winter, so far 🙂 !
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Wow! These photographs took my breath away. It looks like you are having a wonderful time and really enjoying yourself. I really wish to travel the world. I am going to have to put this one down on to “Places to Visit” list. 🙂
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Thanks very much, Emily. Yes, lots of things to see and do…
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