Next stop: a night at a heritage hotel in a Rajistan village. Ghanerao Royal Castle has seen better days. In need of a coat of paint, real estate agents might call it a renovators delight but you can still see remnants of what it used to be and in its heyday must have been truly magnificent. Every room was different. Some had murals on the wall and all had big old furniture.
The rooftop terrace was like an open garret with cushions to sit on. how the maharajahs must have lived.
On the way to the castle we stopped at the village of Ranakpur, home to one of India's most impressive Jain temples. It had hundreds of columns. Jains have something in common with Sikhs in that they will feed all comers. The thing is though that it's considered very bad form not to eat everything you are given so you have to judge when you've had enough and refuse any extra servings.
Upon arrival at the castle we had a walk through the village where we were mobbed by kids wanting us to take their photos, they also clamoured asking for pencils which appears to be a standard form of payment for photos. They were eventually shooed away by some local grown ups but not before a local trader profited greatly from us buying boxes of pencils for the kids.
In the evening we had another cooking demonstration. And one of the few meat dishes we encountered to date.
Dinner was in the dining hall where we were informed the maharajah used to eat.
The rooftop terrace was like an open garret with cushions to sit on. how the maharajahs must have lived.
On the way to the castle we stopped at the village of Ranakpur, home to one of India's most impressive Jain temples. It had hundreds of columns. Jains have something in common with Sikhs in that they will feed all comers. The thing is though that it's considered very bad form not to eat everything you are given so you have to judge when you've had enough and refuse any extra servings.
Upon arrival at the castle we had a walk through the village where we were mobbed by kids wanting us to take their photos, they also clamoured asking for pencils which appears to be a standard form of payment for photos. They were eventually shooed away by some local grown ups but not before a local trader profited greatly from us buying boxes of pencils for the kids.
In the evening we had another cooking demonstration. And one of the few meat dishes we encountered to date.
Dinner was in the dining hall where we were informed the maharajah used to eat.
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