The Jaswant Thada ist a wonderful white marble rajah memorial situated near Meherangarh Fort, in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. This place can be reached by foot after a visit at the Fort. Both visit takes about half day and are a must if you visit Jodhpur. Beside the monument itself, you will have a beautiful view over the city and the fort. The gardens are also a walk worth....
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The Mehrangarh Fort is the most magnificent fort in Jodhpur and may be in the whole Rajasthan. The fort is amongst the popular tourist places in in Jodhpur and in India. It is situated on a hill and you will have from there a wonderful view over the city of Jodhpur and over the Jaswant Thada. The Mehrangarh Fort can be reached from the city through a circular road by foot or taking a taxi.
This is a place you shouldn't miss if you visit Rajasthan. Can be easely combined with a visit to the Jaswant Thada. For both visit places, you should plan about half day.
Jodhpur, also well known a the Blue City, is one of the biggest city in Radjasthan in India and one place to visit if you are travelling to the North West of India.
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Blue is the most used colour in Jodhpur (for houses, furniture, ...) and it gives the city a really special atmosphere. However you can also find there more modern building but all a really special flair.
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A few interesting monuments can be visited, like the Mehrangarh Fort or Jaswant Thada.
Beside to the architecture, you will find in Jodhpur colourful market with many local fruits and spices (attention there: hot)..... and of course many relaxed cows around....
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Anyway, the city is worth a visit if you go one day to Radjasthan.
If you are staying around Khao Lak or Phuket, we would recommend to go to the Phang Nga Bay for a kayak tour. This can be organised from your hotel or from local tour agents.
It takes about 1 hour 30 mins from Khao Lak and about 30 min from Phuket to reach first by road the ferry terminal. From there, you will go with ferry to the Phang Nga Bay, where you will start a few kayak tours: mangrove, caves, .... . If you are lucky, you will see a few monkeys say hello to the tourists ....
Usually the tour takes the full day and a luch will be served on the boat. At the end of the day, we had the opportunity to relax on the beach before going back to our hotel in Khao Lak .
Khao Lak in the South of Thailand is well known for its white sand beach and for nice holiday.
Located about 1 hour drive North of Phuket, Khao Lak is perfect if you want to relax far away from the chaos of bigger touristic places.
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You will be able to spend there hours walking along the sea or just relax on the beach, reading your favourite book or having a cool drink on one of the beach bar; here near Le Meridien Beach & Spa Resort
If you stay around Khao Lak (or any other place offering this kind of tour), we would recommend a jungle tour. These kind of day tour are a little bit different than the usually tour organised for tourists; usually organised for small groups, you will stay nearer to the nature than by taking part of other day tours.
A local guide leads a small group through the jungle and will show you the different tree species. With some luck, you will also be able to see some small animal (monkeys, snakes, spiders,....).
The feeling beeing close to the nature is something you need to experiment.
Near Khao Lak, the jungle tour is organisiert quite near the coast and the view from the hills is simply wonderful![]()
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