Saturday, December 10, 2011

the jain temples of ranakpur

so after our train ride, we arrived late in jodhpur, where we just spent the night before hopping on a bus to ranakpur.  we had decided on a cute place out in the jungle which was supposed to have a swimming pool.  but as it turned out it was all but shut down. the manager was getting married and the entire staff was there.  so we ended up having a very quiet  stay,  the temporary staff was friendly but the swimming pool and the jungle treks were not an option. oh well. we made our own safari on the way to the temples,  a 2 km walk.  we saw peacocks, preying mantis, monkeys, cows, and more,  not too bad for on our own.
 eijla trying to blend into the carvings at the temples...

 our cozy, but not quite staffed hotel.  it had a lot of potential, but was pretty run down.
 the view from the patio and pool area.  not bad at all.  it was a great place to see birds and monkeys.
 thomas and zoe pinky swear to not tease one another.  yeah, that did not last long!
 the place had a little puppy as well,  sadly all of its siblings had been eaten by the crocodiles in the lake, but the girls had  a great time playing with reiki.  and then it was off to udaipur.

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