Our first day in Jodhpur was Holi Festival. This festival is a celebration of the beginning of spring and they use colours in the form of powder and paint. Basically everyone wears white clothing which you buy for this or clothing they don’t mind getting ruined and as soon as we left the guesthouse where we were staying we had people come over wanting to make us as colorful as they could. Most people would gently rub some powder on our faces and say “happy Holi” but there were a few teenagers/kids who were throwing it at people and Kerry had water bombs thrown at her THREE times!! People were dancing In the streets, having water fights and everyone was very happy. The festival started in the morning and finished around 2pm as this is when they go to their families and celebrate with them. We went back to our guesthouse and met two couples, Will and Laura & Aidene and Kevin. We spent the rest of the day at the rooftop restaurant drinking with them.
The next day we went to the Fort which was interesting to see and then went for some lunch – veggie burgers. Jonho is not impressed by this at all and can’t wait to eat a beef burger. We had a wander around the markets before getting a tuktuk to the bus station for our bus to Jaisalmer…
Kerry and Jonho's Travels 