We woke up before the sun and departed @umaidbhawanpalace for our last day of touring with @coxandkingsusa while it was still dark. My body was so tired but my mind was excited to see Jodhpur from above with our guide @yogiagra. A friend of his had also shown up with a French expat and we all left from a parking lot between Mehrangarh Fort and Jaswant Thada. We walked uphill while the first light of a hazy dawn began to illuminate our path. There were cactus and flowers I’d never seen before strewn among the rocks but I was too excited to stop, almost running to get to the summit where I’d be able to see the city laid out below our vantage point all the way to Umaid Bhawan. From far away, it’s easy to mistake it for the Taj Mahal. But as the fiery orb of the sun finally made its appearance, bathing everything in soft, pink light and eventually getting strong enough to cause shadows, revealing a light blue sky - it was the duality of Jaswant Thada and Mehrangarh that I was drawn to over...