travelthought: Our Trip to rajasthan

We travelled to Rajasthan a few years back, but the experience is still vivid in my mind. This was our first outing with our kid, a 2yrs old bundle of energy. We had had to do some minute planning keeping her in mind. We tried to travel mostly by night trains as in Rajasthan the cities of Tourist interest are connected by overnight trains. You can check the indian railway site for the detailed planning to suit personal needs.

The itinerary was roughly like this:

The itinerary
Day	Start	Destination	Remarks
1st Day	Mumbai	Jodhpur	Caught the Train from Mumbai for Jodhpur , Reached Jodhpur early in the morning.
2nd Day	Jodhpur	Jaisalmer	Checked into a hotel and went for sight seeing. Caught the night train for Jaisalmer. Reached Jaisalmer in the wee hours at around 4 o'clock.
5th Day	Jaisalmer	jaipur	Stayed in Jaisalmer for 3 days. Left for Jaipur by train on the 5th afternoon.Reached Jaipur on the next day and checked into a hotel. Went for Sight seeing.
8th Day	Jaipur	Ajmer	Stayed 2 nights in Jaipur . On the 8th day Caught a RTDC bus to Ajmer. 1 night stay at Ajmer. To visit Pushkar.
9th Day	Ajmer	Udaipur	Caught the night train to Udaipur reaching udaipur early in the morning. 2 nights in Udaipur.
12th Day	Udaipur	Mt Abu	RTDC bus from Udaipur to Mont Abu
14th day	Mt Abu	Mumbai	2 nights in Mt Abu to visit the Dilwara temple of Mt Abu

Places to see:

In Jodhpur :

Mehrangarh Fort: The Rathore ruler Rao Jodha decided to build a new capital as the fort in Mandore, already over a thousand years old, was no longer considered strong and safe. In doing so he bequeathed to India one of her greatest forts and most beautiful cities. Mehrangarh has never been taken in a siege. Invincible and mighty as it is , it inspires awe, admiration, envy and fear in friend and foe alike. Some hotels provide very nice views from the rooftop restaurants eg Govind Hotel, which gets a mention even in lonely planet for its fantastic rooftop views and helpful owner.