Jodhpur

Jodhpur (sometimes pronounced Jode-poor and sometimes jawd-poor) is also known as the blue city. This was actually the first stop on our tour of Rajistan. It is known as the blue city because the Brahmin here discovered that there was a mineral here that, when combined with the paint, actually made their houses cooler and kept away the mosquitoes. But, as the paint aged, it turned the color of baby blue.

When you look out over the city from any elevated position, all you can see if blue buildings.

Below is the fort at Jodhpur. It really was something out of a fairytale book. We also took a drive out into the farm towns. There we saw our first camels of the trip. They were just hanging out next to a tree on the side of the road. They weren't doing too much.

On the way, we passed many people doing there everyday work. When I saw this woman though, I knew I had to show everyone how far people walk with crazy materials. It is not uncommon to see people moving around everything on top of their head for miles. I wonder how far this woman walked with this pile of branches.