Jodhpur

The largest city in Rajasthan is still in the Thar desert. It is called the Blue City because most of the houses are painted blue. The fort is impressive in size and because of the quality in which it present itself to us. It is a de facto a city with many defensive lines to protect it against invaders. For example the main entrance gate is constructed just after a curve on the road leading inwards. There are also huge spikes 3 meters above ground level in the gate. In the good old times as an attacker you didn't have tanks - you had elephants. But to destroy a gate of the size in Jodhpur the elephant would need some space to gather speed. And the spikes would probably kill the poor animal.
Inside there are many plazas and private rooms, entrance halls etc. A truly magnificent fort.
The city itself is less delighting. Big, noisy, hot, polluted and cow shit everywhere is not the ideal setting for tourists. We hung out mostly at roof top restaurants.
The next destination Pushkar had proven to be a relief from Jodhpur.