We were told that Bundi was a quiet, sleepy town but didn't know what that meant in India. Turns out that after dark, the town completely shuts down and there isn't a person to be found in the street. This was a little unsettling to us when we arrived to the train station at midnight and were taken by rickshaw to our guesthouse. It felt completely alien, driving down streets that had no rickshaws, cars, motorcycles, people, cows, dogs or goats! We had no idea where we were until we woke up the next morning, walked up to the roof of our guest house and saw this...
Bundi is a blue painted city that sits below an enormous, abandoned and delapitated fort palace. The lack of tourists is replaced by an abundance of monkeys! We had a once in a lifetime experience of exploring the palace without anyone else in sight (except for our Dutch friend we picked up along the way). It was truly extraordinary, as if we we were on an expedition discovering a long lost city.
This was the absolute highlight of India for Greg.
Watch how you go...
Ian and Greg
Those dark marks are BATS!
Bundi at dawn...
Palace sitting above the city...
