Karauli is a little village between the Taj Majal and Jaipur. We stopped there overnight to get the feel of staying in a little village. It was quite an experience. We stayed at a maharaja's home who is there some of the time but not while we were there. It reminded me a little of an incredible place I stayed at in Ireland - a place out of time When we woke in the morning we had a camel cart ride on the agenda Lauren was pretty excited about this and I try almost anything once - I did say "almost"!! The camel pulled up and we hopped on!! It was a 6 x 6 flat wood trailer pulled by a camel- no sides, nothing to hold on to. When we started out the road was flat with only a few potholes. The further we went, the worse it got - big , deep ruts with rocks and stones progressing to a rock path to the city palace which we were going to visit. keep in mind, the cart has big wooden wheels and certainly no shock absorbers and that we were vying for space with pigs, cows, bulls, dogs, goats and other vehicles Not my idea of fun and not too sure we weren't going to fall off the side or just fly off at any moment. Finally got to an amazing palace in the middle of this very rural village and it was worth the ride. The bad news? - camel cart ride back to hotel. Held on to the edge very tightly and made it - what a relief. No chiropractors in Karauli - looks like another massage will soon be in order!
Back in the car today on our way to Ranthambore to go on a safari - Lauren is determined to see a tiger. I'm looking forward to it, as well, and just hoping it's not a camel cart safari!!
Sending this without all of the pictures as there was no room to add Laurens
Camera on my iPad. We are going to work on this and will add more photos later. Her's are much better. She has turned into a great little photographer!!
Bhanwar Vila Palace - our rooms
Camel with driver and a new friend!
Lauren's new friend
Location:Karauli. India
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