Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Drive to Mandawa


We were lucky enough to be able to book Chabalil for our drive through to Jaisalmer. We plan on stopping for two nights along the way (one night in Mandawa and one night in Bikaner) as Jaisalmer is about 900 kilometers west on the border with Pakistan. We were both more than ready to get out of the city of Delhi for the smaller towns in Rajasthan. Mandawa is in a very small town about 5 hours west of Delhi and it’s known for the beautifully painted havelis from the 18th century. The drive there was beautiful with so many interesting sites along the way. We stopped for a bit in Fatehpur, a small town with one haveli restored by a French painter named Nadine Prince and then went on to our hotel in Mandawa, an amazing haveli.

No comments: