Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India by the kids

On the 7th we were going to take a nice aircon bus not being squished at all. It never happened, we were supposed to but when we got there it turned out to be cancelled, so, we had to take a non-aircon people-crammed bus. IT WAS SH*T. The bus did NOT have aircon, it was people packed , I had to fight for personal space, not a happy bus ride. The bus was supposed to take 5 hours to get there, but with the new bus, IT TOOK A FU**ING 7 HOURS. THAT IS WAY TO LONG. The bus is going to Jodhpur by the way. It is also my birthday in five days, I’M GOING TO BE TEN. It’s double digit, a very exiting birthday. When we got there I was extremely relieved to be out of the bus, I name today the worst day in our travel so far. So when we got there we went to our hotel it was small, wait this isn’t what we booked, so we went to the proper “room” only to find out it was an entire floor, now this is my type of place. After that we went to find dinner, we were walking around looking for restaurants, the only ones we found were take away so we just ordered from the hotel, I wanted a dosa ( delicious Indian meal) but they didn’t have it so I had a plate of cheesy pasta, after that we went to bed and slept.
On the 8th we are going to go to the fort, the fort looked really cool, I couldn’t wait to go there. When we got there we paid to get in, then went to the museum (there’s a museum in the fort), we looked at some stuff for a bit then went to the proper fort. At the entrance there was metal doors just around a corner, they were around the corner so that enemy elephants couldn’t get enough speed to ram through. There was also spikes on the door at elephant height so if they do try to ram through they get injured. When we went in we looked at some of the fort how it used to be then we went to look at their royal positions (fancy way of saying expensive stuff). After that we went back home and went to sleep.
On the 9th we went to a step well, it’s a well that has steps so that people can walk into it, the step well was built to conserve water. After the step well we went to another one, this one was different it was way bigger and didn’t have many steps, when we were finished looking at it, we went to have a look around the city. We looked at the old buildings near us, then we went to a supermarket. We went there because, we wanted to get some lollies, but the one we went to only had one level finished, and guess what that flour was, the arcade. When we got up there I went to crazy. THERE WERE GAMES EVERY WHERE, IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got loads of tokens, (you need tokens to play games) then the fun began. There was this fishing game that Emma spent almost 2\3 of our tokens on, we got lots of points, at the end we used our points on a minion key chain. When we bought it we went home, did our blog then went to sleep.
On the 10th we are going to go on a walking tour around the blue city, the blue city is another name for where we are, like I mean like the city were in. It’s called blue city because lots of the house are blue, the other names for the place are sun city and cursed city. The walking tour was to talk and show stuff about the blue buildings, at one point we saw a line near the fort, and the guide told me it was a zipline that I was going to go on tomorrow (did I tell you I was going on a zipline tomorrow). Well I am, because I didn’t find any ziplines where we are going to be on my birthday. The line is around 300 meters long, it’s going to be awesome, I can’t wait, my mum is going with me because I’m not old enough to do it myself. After that we went to look at some more blue stuff, then we went to look at the market, and then we went home to do our blog. After that we went to have dinner then to bed.
On the 11th we went to a park. The park had really old stuffs. It had stuff dating back to the 4th century, very long ago. We were there for a while looking at stuff like temples, and plants, after that we went to look at an old fort, well ruins of an old fort, most of it wasn’t there, just rock. I can’t explain it much it’s hard, after that we went to have lunch, then went home to do schoolwork. After that we went to have dinner then to bed.
On the 12th we went to do ziplines because it’s my birthday in two days, I can’t wait, well I can but I don’t want to wait. The zipline was awesome, it had a 350 meter long one, mum went with me, Emma was too short to do it so dad had to stay back, (not that she wanted to). Out of six ziplines I only didn’t make 2 until the end (I had to pull myself to finish), the reason that I didn’t make it is because I’m too light, it’s annoying. I didn’t make the longest and third longest. I love ziplines so that’s pretty sad for me, well it wasn’t bad it was just a little disappointing. After that we went on a little walk around the streets, mum wanted to try some of the sweets that people sell from the side of the road stalls, apparently Jodhpur is famous for their sweets. When we were walking to find them, we saw lots of different streets, and they all had a different stuff they were selling, one of the streets had lots of decorations and another one had souvenirs. After that we went home and did our blog. This is our last day here, tomorrow it’s off to Jaipur, (by train not bus).
The End
Andrew (2 days before turning 10!)

Monday the 7th. Our bus was cancelled. We were trying to get to Jodhpur. So, mum went around and booked a smaller bus for us. When we got in, we realised HOW small it was. It was very packed. It was sh*t. IT TOOK 7 long boring HOURS. IT WAS ALREADY HOT, BUT WHEN MORE PEOPLE CAME. IT GOT SCORCHING HOT. The good thing was that we actually got seats. Some people had to stand. When we finally got there, we found our hotel and settled in. in the evening, we walked around the area. Then went back to the hotel for dinner.
Tuesday the 8th. We visited the fort. It was ginormous. We saw weapons, canons, pots, pictures, wine holders, make up boxes and more. We also saw some beautiful rooms. Some were colourful, some had baubles on the roof. In the afternoon, we played our computer.
Wednesday the 9th. We went to the stepwell. It is a well that only woman could use. They would go down to the stepwell and get water. Because it was one of their household chores. Apparently if the king wanted to know what was going on in the village, he sent down people who pretended to meditate, but who are actually listening to people talk. We saw people jump off the high bits.
Thursday the 10th. we went on a tour. It was a tour where they took us to the blue city. It is a place where most of the houses are blue. And do you know why they painted their houses blue. Because it is meant to keep mosquitoes out. And to keep the house cool. It was beautiful. We saw lots of spices. There were chocolate spices, masala spices, chicken spices, fish spices. Loads. It smelt delicious. In the afternoon we played on our computer.
Friday the 11th. We went to a park. There were old temples there. There was a playground we that we played on for a bit. While we were playing mum and dad got photo bombed. There were about 20 or 25 people asking them for a photo. They were surrounded. Then we had an afternoon filed with schoolwork.
Saturday the 12th. We went back to the fort for ziplines. At first, I did not want to do it, but once I saw mum do it, I wanted to. but I was too short. Come on! Then we went to walk in the street. Now I am going to tell you a bit about the street. They are crazy drivers. In the middle of the day all you can hear are horns. If you walk on some of the main roads, you can see hundreds of stalls. The food on the side of the streets are delicious. Then we started walking back to the hotel and on the way, we bought some sweets. As soon as we got home, we ate them. Then we did blog. Tomorrow we are off to Jaipur in a train.
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