Yesterday we went to a tiny village called tordi. We were picked up in 4 x 4 to go off the main roads to get to the village. To be honest i don't think the roads were any worse than the ones in Sussex just felt more bumpy as we hit the potholes at speed.
The hotel was nicer than I expected I was thinking a straw hut but no it had a nice cottage feel but was clean and welcoming. After lunch which they provided lentil soup and rolls we went in a jeep open safari to a local village which is where we saw the true poverty of India they were living in clay houses made from cow manure. There main trade being farming meant there was goats, pigs, cows and water buffalo roaming all round we were strongly advised to keep well away from the water buffalo with locals they are fine foreigners they will attack, in fact one came round the corner towards us our guide turned us round and said now move quickly that way.
We also looked round the farm crops where they grow garlic, tomatoes, aniseed, chillies, carrots and other crops. We were then taken to a damn where they collect the rainwater during the monsoon to supply the village. The damn was empty due to a bad monsoon, which limits the amount of water the village can use.
Finally we went to the sand dunes and had an opportunity to climb up them. Sand isn' the easiest to climb up and I thought I was quite fit obviously not. Coming down wasn' easy either due to it being slippery and my feet sinking into the sand, my shoes still have sand in now.
Today we went on an orientation walk of main village we walked past a temple with a band playing outside and then we went into a pottery place where a local man was making pot after pot he made it look easy but then he has being doing it for 20years.
Finally it was back into the 4 x 4s and on to pushkar.
One thing about the village is the children they run out of the houses or to the windows to wave as we pass if we were on foot they screamed hello and waved. They loved having their pictures taken and played up to the camera and got excited when they got a wave back.
The hotel was nicer than I expected I was thinking a straw hut but no it had a nice cottage feel but was clean and welcoming. After lunch which they provided lentil soup and rolls we went in a jeep open safari to a local village which is where we saw the true poverty of India they were living in clay houses made from cow manure. There main trade being farming meant there was goats, pigs, cows and water buffalo roaming all round we were strongly advised to keep well away from the water buffalo with locals they are fine foreigners they will attack, in fact one came round the corner towards us our guide turned us round and said now move quickly that way.
We also looked round the farm crops where they grow garlic, tomatoes, aniseed, chillies, carrots and other crops. We were then taken to a damn where they collect the rainwater during the monsoon to supply the village. The damn was empty due to a bad monsoon, which limits the amount of water the village can use.
Finally we went to the sand dunes and had an opportunity to climb up them. Sand isn' the easiest to climb up and I thought I was quite fit obviously not. Coming down wasn' easy either due to it being slippery and my feet sinking into the sand, my shoes still have sand in now.
Today we went on an orientation walk of main village we walked past a temple with a band playing outside and then we went into a pottery place where a local man was making pot after pot he made it look easy but then he has being doing it for 20years.
Finally it was back into the 4 x 4s and on to pushkar.
One thing about the village is the children they run out of the houses or to the windows to wave as we pass if we were on foot they screamed hello and waved. They loved having their pictures taken and played up to the camera and got excited when they got a wave back.
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