Travelling is a good way to recharge your life. As scarcity of leaves did not give me chance to travel much, when I get an opportunity to go to Jaipur for official tour, I planned with ZZ to travel to Jodhpur for 2 days after my work at Jaipur ends. We had already been to Jaipur last year and I have been enamored to see the Blue City for some time. So off began our adventure.
The
adventure began a bit early than I expected. In the first time of my life, I
missed my train. Actually I had the fortune of witnessing my train leaving the
platform right before my own eyes and I could not do anything. The plan was
that ZZ would reach Jaipur by bus and from there we had to take our train to
Jodhpur. So I was waiting for him at the railway platform and desperately
calling him from time to time to know his whereabouts. His bus was far behind
its schedule and ultimately his bus got late and I waited for some more hours
idling in the Jaipur railway station. Finally we took a night Volvo bus that
reached Jodhpur early in the morning.
Jodhpur the
city of blue. As we were taking our breakfast in the roof-top restaurant of our
hotel, the majestic Mehrangarh fort atop the hill stood high in front of us.
excuse the bright photography:p |
We went to
Jodhpur Palace, Jaswant thada and
finally went ahead to Mehrangarh Fort. It is said to be the most
well-maintained fort of India. It was the location which give the birds-eye
view of the city.
blue-blue everywhere |
And while the fort visits are all
history, sight-seeing, museums and views, there was the surprise. Zip-lining by
Jodhpur Firefox!!!!
Now let me
share a secret here: I am not very comfortable with heights. And this idea of
Zip-ling covering the whole fort was such an awesome offer. You know the
feeling of excitment and nervous together, that was me. I triple-checked my safety gear, gloves, ropes et al and prayed ferevently and saying to myself "All is well.All is well." Our guide eased me saying “Nobody has
died doing zip-line,so chill." Oh well.
Jodhpur the
city of sun. I love sun. I love myself some Vitamin D. But walking in the sun
did take its toll on my hair. For eyes there was sun-glasses, lipbalm for lips,
for skin it was moisturizer but hair
–hair were unaided. I had forgotten to carry scarves. One important precaution
one has to take while ziplining is: tying your hair. My hair what with all the sun, dust and sweat
have spread In all directions and become coarse.
that red dot among trees is me |
But what I
can say , I have a great time. The zipline was swift and before realizing, we
had already crossed 7 ziplines with elan.The best part was I finished it. Yay!!
I did it. I was happy on my achievement, of winning over my fear. I came back
recharged.
facade of fort all lighted |
The trip
was refreshing. Just the right pack of sun, sand, history , exotic views and
adventure packed in 2 days. All in all a good
trip. The hair are another story and now I wonder that if my hair were recharged , then I didnt even need the external help of scarves etc and would have enjoyed the trip more without any worry of tangled and drizzy hair. What a topping it would have been if my hair were as recharged as I
was and how fabulous it would have made my photos. And now that I know the sureshot way of recharging my hair (http://www.sunsilk.in/) , I know I can go to my next trip to Jaisalmer flaunting my tresses without any worry.
This blog-post is an entry for the Indi-blogger "Recharge Your Hair" Contest.
This blog-post is an entry for the Indi-blogger "Recharge Your Hair" Contest.
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