El dia no comenzo muy bien que digamos. Llegamos a la estacion de buses para
tomar el bus de Jodhpur a Jaisalmer y el ayudante nos dijo que teniamos que
pagar 20 rupees por mochila para poder meterla en la maleta del bus. Nos parecio mucha plata porque antes
habiamos pagado solamente 10 rupees, asi que desperto nuestras sospechas y le
pedi rebaja. Despues de discutir
un poco con el, acepto que le pagaramos solamente 10 rupees por maleta. Antes de montarnos al bus vi el señor
que coordina lo de los buses y le dije que me parecia el colmo que cobraran por
las maletas y aun mas que fueran 20 rupees, inmediatamente el señor le grito en
Hindi al ayudante y lo regaño por cobrarnos y nos devolvieron la plata. Desafortunadamente estas son las
situaciones que hacen que la visita a la India no sea lo mas placentera…
siempre estan tratando de ver como tumbar al turista, pero esta vez el paisa
salio mas avispado!
Preparese para otra tumbada orquestrada por los genios de la
India. Despues de 7 horas de viaje
en bus y 10 minutos antes de llegar a Jaisalmer, el ayudante del bus vino a
aconsejar a los turistas que viajabamos en el bus. Nos dijo que no dejaramos que nadie cogiera las maletas, que
nos montaramos en los jeeps que eran de la misma compañia del bus y que por 10
rupees nos iban a llevar al hotel para el que fueramos. Caimos en la trampa, nos montamos al
jeep y le dijimos que nos llevara al hotel que habiamos escogido dentro del
fuerte. En la mitad del camino el
conductor del jeep encontro calles cerradas, la excusa perfecta para desviarse
del camino y llevarnos al hotel que ellos escogieron. Nos dijeron que la guia de Lonely Planet decia que el fuerte
se iba a caer en cualquier momento por un problema de desague… mentirosos! Como no teniamos reservacion en ninguna
parte, decidimos mirar el hotel al que nos llevaron… es el lugar mas cochino
que he visto… los hoteles de Mumbai parecen 5 estrellas comparados con
esto. Alli empece a alegar con ellos
y les dije que tan mentirosos eran y como querian tumbar al turista, cogimos
las maletas y nos fuimos sin nisiquiera pagarles. Yo estaba tan puto que no queria saber nada de esta gente,
el que me hablaba en la calle no le paraba ni cinco de bolas, ni los
miraba. Caminamos al fuerte y
vimos otros hoteles pero nada bueno, asi que fuimos a Ganesh Guest House, el
lugar que habiamos escogido inicialmente, estaba limpio y bueno.
En la tarde estuvimos vistando el Museo en el Palacio del
Fuerte de Jaisalmer.
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The day did not start very well. We arrived at the bus station to get the bus from Jodhpur to
Jaisalmer and the bus attendant told us that we had to pay 20 rupees each to be
able to deposit our bags in the trunk of the bus. The charges seemed excessive to us, we had to pay once but
it was only 10 rupees, so we were suspicious. I argued with the attendant and got a discount to 10 rupees
each. When I told the guy that had
checked our tickets that the attendant was charging us 20 rupees for each bag
he gave him shit (all in Hindi) but you can see the attendant was in trouble
because of his face. They
reimburse the money and apologize.
Unfortunately this is the type of situations that make a visit to India
a little bit unpleasant… there is always someone trying to get advantage of the
tourist, however this time I was the winner!
Be prepared for another scam prepared by the Indian master
scam artists. After 7 hours by bus
before we arrive in Jaisalmer, the bus attendant came to talk to all the
tourists (including us) saying that the bus company had a few jeeps to
transport us to our hotels for only 10 rupees each and it was part of the
services offered by them. We all
fell in that trap. We got on the
jeep and told the driver that we wanted to go to the guest house we had
selected inside the fort. Half way
to the fort and finding lots of road closures, the perfect excuse to divert us,
we were taken to their guest house.
We were told that the Lonely Planet guide says that the fort is going to
fall down because of water damage and it could happen any minute… liers! Since we did not have a reservation at
the place we selected, we decided to look at the guest house… it was the
dirtiest place I have seen… it even surpassed the Mumbai place I wrote about a
few days ago, remember? I gave
them a piece of my mind and left without even paying for the jeep ride. I was so pissed that I did not want any
other Indian talking to me… and when they did I just ignored them, I did not
want to do anything with them. On
our way to the fort we were approach by a few guest house owners but the places
were not that good so we went to Ganesh Guest House, a nice place.
In the afternoon we visited the Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum
and Heritage Centre.
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| Desde el bus de Jodhpur (Ciudad Azul) a Jaisalmer (Ciudad de Oro), India From the bus from Jodhpur (Blue City) to Jaisalmer (Golden City), India |
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| Desde el bus de Jodhpur (Ciudad Azul) a Jaisalmer (Ciudad de Oro), India From the bus from Jodhpur (Blue City) to Jaisalmer (Golden City), India |
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| Desde el bus de Jodhpur (Ciudad Azul) a Jaisalmer (Ciudad de Oro), India From the bus from Jodhpur (Blue City) to Jaisalmer (Golden City), India |
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| En el bus de Jodhpur (Ciudad Azul) a Jaisalmer (Ciudad de Oro), India On the bus from Jodhpur (Blue City) to Jaisalmer (Golden City), India |
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| Museo del Palacio del Fuerte de Jaisalmer, India Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Museo del Palacio del Fuerte de Jaisalmer, India Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Museo del Palacio del Fuerte de Jaisalmer, India Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Vista de Jaisalmer desde el Museo del Palacio del Fuerte, Jaisalmer, India Vies of Jaisalmer from the Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Vista de Jaisalmer desde el Museo del Palacio del Fuerte, Jaisalmer, India View of Jaisalmer from the Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Vista de Jaisalmer desde el Museo del Palacio del Fuerte, Jaisalmer, India View of Jaisalmer from the Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Museo del Palacio del Fuerte de Jaisalmer, India Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Museo del Palacio del Fuerte de Jaisalmer, India Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum and Heritage Centre, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Vista del Templo Jain desde la terraza del hotel, Jaisalmer, India View of Jain Temple from the hotel's rooftop, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Vista del Templo Jain desde la terraza del hotel, Jaisalmer, India View of Jain Temple from the hotel's rooftop, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Atardecer desde la terraza del hotel, Jaisalmer, India Sunset from the hotel's rooftop, Jaisalmer, India |
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| Vista del Templo Jain desde la terraza del hotel, Jaisalmer, India View of Jain Temple from the hotel's rooftop, Jaisalmer, India |
Marce, cuidado que viene una vaca detrás y tiene cachos, corre...corre...lindas fotos y lindas construcciones, la cosa como que va mejorando....
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It seems that the majority of the palaces you have visited in India have a huge muslim/middle eastern influence from the archtecture point of view. Am I right?
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