Blabber Tour

       (Inside Mehrangarh fort, Jodhpur) Jodhpur is the blue gemstone of Rajasthan. A city known for its blue houses, fort and magically beautiful handicraft. We reached jodhpur via train. There are many cheap and nice hotels near the railway station to stay. We had however already booked our home stay from Airbnb (It was a first). But trust me, this was one of the best decision we took on this journey. Our home stay was situated in the old parts of city and from our room we had a magnificent view of the Mehrangarh fort. The fort glows a beautiful orange in the night. We had reached jodhpur in the late hours so we couldn’t explore anything that day. Since our home stay was situated at the backside of the fort, next morning we started for the Mehrangarh fort on foot. The journey to the fort was an uphill walk of around 15 minutes. (A miniature of Mehrangarh fort) Like all forts in India, Mehrangarh fort also has a very interesting legend associated with it. It is said that when

Jaisalmer was on my bucket list since 2014, more for the want to see the desert than to visit the city itself. I had always thought my visit to the city will be planned well in advance; given the long 1135 km distance from lucknow. But as fate had it, we embarked on this journey in the most unplanned manner, agreeing on the destination at the 11th hour then finalizing itinerary and making bookings on the way . Well it was our 3 rd anniversary after all, it had to be adventurous. We reached Jaisalmer in the wee hours of 19 th Feb 2020, in jodhpur-jaisalmer express. Since everything was so last minute on this trip, we forgot packing woolens and ended up literally freezing in the train. (Fact check: It gets really cold in the desert at night.) Baring a few civilians like us the whole coach was filled with BSF jawans. Till then we had no clue we were going so close to India-Pakistan border – “The blissfully ignorant grahasti-mein-busy-married-couple”. It was still dark whe