These aint no "liquor cookies!"

On the way up to Rajisthan this weekend, one of my roommates mentioned that a friend had asked her to buy her these "special liquor cookies" that they only sell in Rajisthan. She gave my roomate very explicit instructions:

1) Don't negotiate on the price. They are kinda expensive but worth the price
2) Make sure you buy it from this special shop and that they are individually wrapped.

The instructions seemed weird to our new expat ears. I mean we've been here for 10 days but know you negotiate on everything! and 50 rupees per cookie!! 50 Rupees can get you a whole lotta stuff. So, we talking about this with one of the more seasoned expats, who explains umm these are not liquor cookies - it's Bhang Cookies a.k.a weed, marijuna whatever you want to call it but it aint liquor.

Turns out the shop she was refering to for the "special liquor cookies" is in the Lonely Planet and yes it is a legal seller. In Jaislmer weed is legal to sell from this authorized stores in the form of chocolate cookies. There was only one in Jaismler and the government authorized sign said "come and enjoy.' We went to check it out did not enjoy.

The View from Mehrangarh Fort

From Mehrangarh fort you can see why Jodhhpur is called Blue City. The surrounded houses blue painted walls add to the amazing view.

Thing to avoid on a camel ride...

1)Downing a 40 in 20 mins..it may sound good but you'll be miles away from a bathroom and there's no privacy in the sand dunes.
2)Getting on the camel behind the pissing camel.. they can hold a lot of water and piss forever.
3)Racing your camels..it sounds fun but your bun will pay for it the next day.
4)Getting to close up and personal in your camels face.. their chompers can take big bites.
5) Any camel named "Michael Jackson" it's just too creepy.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

 

On Friday we took off for a weekend in Rajisthan - the largest state in India. We left Friday afternoon from Hyderabad on a flight to Delhi. From Delhi we took an overnight train (8+hours) to Jodhpur -The Blue City. Jodhhpur is beautiful. It's called the Blue City because the houses are painted with a blue color especially near the Mehrangarh Fort. We visited the fort on Saturday. I highly recommended visiting the fort and taking the audio tour. I usually get bored with audio tours but they did a really good job with it. It's very thorough and I promise the narrators voice will not put you to sleep. On Sunday we drove about five hours to Jaismler where we had the opportunity to go camel back riding in the desert and watch the sunset against the dunes...maybe this post title should be Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Camels?

Introducing Toothbrush!

Carla has updated a bunch of more videos on her video blog- Carla in India! To see more of our adventures in India I highly recommend you view her blog. All the exciting footage and some that I really don't want anyone to see are on her video blog. Our blogs are like a toothbrush and toothpaste. They work best as a unit.