10/8 Travel Tales from India

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Travel Tales from India Attractions at Bundi- Raniji Ki Baori October 7, 2009 at 2:35 pm The day Brat 2 and I reached Bundi we managed to venture out only after the Royal Palace was closed. So the locals recommended us to go to Raniji Ki Baori (Queen's Step Well). They also told us we should take an auto. I am aware that the locals tend to think that we city people cannot walk. So we asked about the distance. When they said 2 KM or so, we decided to walk. The Information Board outside Raniji Ki Baori, Bundi, Rajasthan Rani Nathawat is credited for building of this step well in 1699. And it is indeed grand. Brat 2 remarked to me- "I am sure the Raniji would not walk from palace to the bath, and I wonder how many people were needed to carry her palki (palanquin)?" I wonder where are the other 49 wells located? Steps Leading out of the Raniji Ki Baori, Bundi, Rajasthan When we reached there the first day the main entrance was closed. But looking at the picture above I am wondering if we could have just walked a few meters and entered through this gate? Doesn't look like it can be locked. The View from the Main Entrance, Raniji Ki Baori, Bundi, Rajasthan The view of the place while we were entering was quite striking. But we reached here by 2.00 pm or so, and the sun was so hot that we were longing quite badly for our AC room. Raniji Ki Baori But that didn't stop us from clicking pictures. The real baori (stepwell) is beneath this ornate structure but locked now, so we could not climb down. There are grills around this place so clicked this picture by getting the lens of the point and shoot camera inside one of the mesh holes. Cost4travel- A New Website Idea October 7, 2009 at 11:51 am I spend a lot of my time online and particularly on the social media sites. So when I got a mail from Cost4travel (it is a beta sire as of now) one day I was not really surprised. What impressed me about the mail was the courteous tone and the feeling that I was not being bullied into linking or anything. The premise is simple- to encourage users to share their travel costs voluntarily across the world! I mean to share costs like what did you pay for a hotel, taxi ride, trip and stuff like that. I liked the idea. I mean we can get reviews at a lot of places but being able to compare costs with fellow travelers has an appeal for me for sure. What do you say? I did ask them about how they came across my blog and the reply I got was- Regarding your question, I have been spending many months searching for travel blogs and travel journalists (through links in other web sites and Google Alerts) and your site came up a number of times. And no this is not a paid review, I have done it voluntarily because I liked the idea. Monkey at Bundi, Rajasthan October 7, 2009 at 9:00 am Monkey on a Jeep, Bundi, Rajasthan There are a lot of monkeys at Bundi and one place they snatched food stuff from the hands of a lady. Hotels also caution against leaving the room windows open. We gave up going up the fort on the day of our arrival because the monkeys choose it for their evening walk. And yet as our auto driver remarked, "They don't have place to live, so they clash with us." Blogging for Payment- The New US Rules October 7, 2009 at 1:52 am Blogging for payment or a free trip has always been a little tricky area for me. I have tried to disclose such trips and posts as openly as possible. So when I read this Blogger Payola News at the BBC yesterday that in the US it is now desired that you disclose such linkage I was not too sure what to think of it. Then I read Robert V. Kozinets blog on the same topic I thought I would share it here. In a long-awaited, long-anticipated ruling that surprised no one who was watching,the FTC today decided to recognize the fact that bloggers and other social media types can be celebrities, that celebrities can be social media users, and that both can be paid endorsers without being acknowledged as such online (or off).Without providing any concrete details, the new guidelines legally require bloggers to clearly disclose any "material connection" to an advertiser, including giving actual payments or free samples for an endorsement. They also hold bloggers and others responsible for telling the (gasp!) truth about their product experiences. But what I am wondering about is (and as I have said in a comment on his blog) what happens when one of the party writing the review is outside the US. Like this post of mine about Lands End Luggage?   This email was sent to carrizolaziale@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.

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