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#03 Jaisalmer
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Bus via Goa and Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Udipur
Delhi, the capital of India, arrived in about 60 hours by car, and it was a completely different place from other cities in South India. As soon as I got off the bus, the eerie noise and heat of the city, and messy looking solicitors attacked me. I, who had been tormented by the bus for nearly three days, were equally nervous about the Indians in Delhi who were watching foreigners.
Mumbai, the former capital of India and the largest economic city in South India, was clean and old-fashioned buildings built during the British colonial period felt like a European city. But Delhi, the capital of India, was a shock. Above all, after leaving Old Delhi Station, what caught my eye was the sight of cows walking along the boulevard. In particular, around the station, there were auto-rickshaws blocking the front with a stench that stung your nose, and street vendors and beggars selling food that you couldn't possibly eat on the stalls. Huge cattle and animals were churning between them. No matter how sacred the cows are in India, I thought it was a bit harsh.
Compared to the quiet and peaceful South India, Delhi seemed to have the unique congestion and weaknesses of India right away. After almost three days of not eating or washing properly, I went to a restaurant as soon as I arrived at a tourist street called Paharganj in Delhi and spent almost all the remaining money.
After eating, my reflection in the mirror was like a traveler who had already traveled in India for several months.
After lunch, I can't beat the rickshaws' rip off rates downtown
The Korean embassy just arrived by bus! There is also a place like this in Delhi.
The neat building and the cool air-conditioning breeze,
There were neat embassy staff.
They looked like pure white angels who could help me in India.
But when I explained why I was here, the embassy staff gave me a realistic answer as well as a depressing one. It was telling them to give up Nepal. ‘If you go to Nepal with your passport lost, it will be difficult to re-enter India and take a flight to Korea.
Nepal is the last destination of this trip.
where it was Many people recommended Nepal, and I also thought of trekking in the Himalayas if I go to Nepal. Reluctantly, Nepal gave up
decided to Instead, I decided to go on my own. I had thoroughly planned the route of my first trip to India, but now all of that has become meaningless. According to the original plan, I was the one who should have been looking at the caves in Ellora and Ajanta in the south-central part. But now, I have decided not to be attached to the schedule. Since I do not have a passport, I would have to face the disadvantages that would come in the future, but there was no need to be intimidated by these things.
It's not the DSLR camera I used in Goa, but I bought a compact camera that can also shoot HD videos. When I got home, I threw away all the useless things. From now on, I will travel more lightly like the wind. After that, I drank a sip of Kingfisher beer, which was a powerful medicine that gave me a tempo rest after being exhausted for three days.
Early evening flight from Old Delhi Station to Jaisalmer
took a car It was also the first train I rode in three weeks after coming to India.
It was difficult to board the train station because it was so large and crowded with a huge crowd, and it was difficult to get on board.
Yesterday, while drinking beer alone, I glanced at the guidebook in the restaurant, and the starting point of my trip was Jaisalmer. When I heard the information that the city itself was unified in ocher color reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, that Jaisalmer Castle was said to have residents still living in the castle, and above all that there was a sandy desert nearby, and that you could do camel trekking, I was moved. The more I turned the pages, the more images of the movie <Indiana Jones> came to mind. According to the original plan, Jaisalmer was a place to see much later than now. However, the strong image of Jaisalmer Castle and the Kuri Desert in the booklet I read yesterday drew me in.