Jodhpur. Recovery and hours of ziplining!

Looking back at the city to the fort

An agonizing 5 hour train ride from Jaipur proved to be disastrous, for our stomachs anyways. It was hot, stuffy, and the stomach provided no relief from the heat or discomfort. The sleeper trains that were seemingly comfortable for 15 minutes was very uncomfortable within 1 minute. We had 5 hours to go.

We get into our guesthouse in Jodhpur, eventually, and literally just exploded. Literally. We tagged team the toilet and beat the crap out of it. Or more accurately the crap was beaten out of us. Our friend from across the hall and up one floor could hear us. It was fantastic. We started our anti-biotics when we got into the guest house. We were smart enough to pick them up before we left Korea. Finally using them.
Ian, the Canadian had a fever and felt cold in 30+ degree weather, while Christa was feeling hot. The room had a fan with one speed. No compromise. We slept for the whole afternoon and night and into the morning, while occasionally waking up to use the toilet. We took the pills when we need to and drank liquids as much as possible. There’s nothing more fun than having your food trying to kill you while travelling. Finally, near the morning, Ian had enough strength to go to the roof top restaurant while Christa had already felt a lot better from the anti-biotics. Ian thought it was a great idea to let the stomach bug stew in Jaipur.

The most that Ian saw of Jodhpur was the toilet walls of the guesthouse while Christa managed to go zip lining down the fort wall of Jodhpur. This fort was the same fort that Bain escaped from in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises franchise. Also, Christian Bale (Batman) escaped from by free soloing up the prison walls and making his leap of faith to freedom.

Christa ziplining

Zip lining down the wall proved to be the biggest attraction in Jodhpur. It was slightly expensive, but there are 6 levels to zip line down. Took 45 minutes to get all the down. You get to control the speed of your descent with a brake. But if you slow down too much, you won’t be able to get to the last platform, which forces you to go a little quicker. But it’s no problem if you don’t make it across. Someone comes to your rescue. Ian hung out in the toilet at the guest house.

Finally, after 2 nights, on the 3rd day, it was time to move. The desert was calling. The call of the desert fort in Jaisalmer was beckoning us. It was time to go.