Jodhpur: The Blue and the Beautiful

 Jodhpur was not really part of my itinerary in India.  I intended only to visit the golden triangle (i.e. New Delhi, Jaipur and Agra) the most popular tourist route in India.  But I had two extra days so I asked a friend who has traveled extensively what was the best place he visited in India and he declared Jodphur and so Jodhpur became part of my travel plan.

It took a seven hour train ride from Jaipur to reach Jodhpur and got there around 8pm.  It was a good time to arrive because the hotel where we were staying had a spectacular view of  Jodhpur's prime attraction, the Mehrangarh Fort which was beautifully lighted at night.

Unlike Jaipur which is billed as the Pink City but did not really have a lot of pink structures, Jodhpur lives up to its fame as the Blue City.  The panoramic view of the old city of Jodhpur from Mehrangarh Fort is an awesome sight with all of the city's houses and buildings painted in blue.  Jodhpur was truly blue and beautiful!