Today’s journey would lead us by car out of Udaipur and into the Indian countryside. We first stopped in Kumbhalgarh, a fort with the second longest wall in the world and the birth place of Maharana Pratap, the great king and warrior of Mewar. Second stop was Ranakpur, a small city which housed “the best” Jain temple in India – and once seen, no other lived up to its beauty. Finally, we would continue into Jodphur, but not without encountering a problem from the wildlife of India.
Train was the most optimal form of transportation within India, but Udaipur didn’t provide a great hub for transfer to Jodpur so the more expensive route by car was the only option. However, this worked out fine because by car we were opened up to India’s countryside and could call the shots to stop in certain areas if we wished. As a matter of fact, Mel made a call early along the trip when she spotted a nice valley over the hill. I’ve mentioned many times in my blog that as a photographer, when you see something along the road don’t hesitate about stopping. With luck, not only did the valley offer us a good landscape to shoot but we came across a mother with her child walking their goats, without housing or other life for kilometers around them.
