Rajasthan? Ideas?

Namaste,

I am in Raj and have been in Udaipur for the past little while volunteering at Animal Aid. I am traveling alone and I am interested in seeing some more of Raj.

I was thinking Jaisalamer then to Bikaner, Pushkar and then up to Rishikesh and then to Taj then to Varanasi. Maybe Jodhpur?

I have 2 more months of travel and spent 3 months in the south. Any suggestions on what to see in Raj or elsewhere would be greatly appreciated.

Slowly acclimatizing here and I am freezing. Would love to see the north but, it just may be too cold.

Thanks!

Alicia

This thread The Maha Rajasthan Itinerary Info Thread contains a lot of useful information.

Hi, You have time to travel in India. you can go by train everywhere. Delhi to rishikesh Train also. for long trip car is expensive. but you do train reservation before. in Delhi and other bigger city Indian railway have special counter for tourist.

Alicia,

Happy Travelling. Rajasthan and the Central North: Two or three nights (or more) in each as follows:


Delhi
Jaipur
Karuli
Agra (not 3 nights)
Orchha
Khajuraho
Allahabad
Varanasi
Delhi
Mandawa
Bikaner
Jaisalmer
Jodhpur
Rohet
Udaipur
Pushkar
Delhi
Shivpuri
Haridwar
Rishikesh
Delhi

This contains loops in and out of Delhi, which you could eliminate if preferred.

Thanks so much for the responses! Namaste!

I am not aware of any such counter...where did you see it? Is it easier to get such a reservation?

@ Ashwin, ericmonde is talking about Foreign Tourists and not domestic ones.... There is special quota and special counters for them...

Only a small number of trains have Foreign Tourist Quota tickets and the allocations are very small.

oh..do they get tickets easily? Like a few days in advance?

The tickets can only be bought at a limited number of Reservations counters in bigger cities in India. They have to be bought in person and the buyer must prove their tourist status and show proof that they have changed foreign currency into rupees. They can be bought at any time during the normal ARP subject to availability. Typically there may be 2 or 4 tickets in the FTQ for trains that travel on routes with high tourist demand. If they are not used I presume they are released on charting to help clear the general waiting list.