A fine example of a step well.
Ranthambore was the first area in India to set up a protected area for tigers. We’ve booked a couple of days here in the hope of seeing some in the wild.
After the disappointment of the step wells in Bundi, we were delighted to find a much better example when we arrived at the Jungle Villa hotel.
A Few Words From India
The journey up from Bundi to Ranthambore was uneventful so it set me thinking about some of the words we’ve imported from India into the English language. Here are a few:
- A – atoll – money you have to pay to use the motorway here.
- A – avatar – what cannibals used to say after feasting on their wives.
- B – bangle – a small explosive sound.
- B – bungalow – tips passed across below waist height.
- C – cheetah – someone who doesn’t play fair.
- C – chit – when you need to go so badly you can’t get through to ‘s’.
- D – dinghy – when you need a brighter light bulb.
- D – dungarees – clothes made out of camel poo.
- G – guru – what you become when hit over the head with peacock feathers.
- H – hullabaloo – northern bear.
- J – juggernaut – large empty beer glass.
- K – khaki – what you use to open a car.
- L – loot – stolen musical instrument.
- P – pariah – when a father goes up a ladder.
- P – pukka – the sound the crowd makes after a miss in ice hockey.
- S – sari – an Indian apology.
- S – shampoo – fake bowel movement.
- T – toddy – the day after yesterday.
Dave and Annette in India and Nepal 