RN Haveli, roof room
Run by Mama and a couple of helpers, this haveli is just like staying in a family home. Actually, it is a family home. And a very basic one. Mama has a huge personality and will tell you to treat her like your Indian mother, and her house as your home. It's all rather sweet, and she is a lovely lady, but she doesn't get upstairs much, we think, and our room was a bit of a hovel. The bathroom was badly connected and emitted the smell of raw sewerage whenever the toilet was flushed (hmmm, to not flush the toilet and watch it all pile up, or flush it and dry retch...it's a tough one). The bed was hard, the windows had no glass, so it was a mozzie free-for-all, and the roof is made of corrugated iron which the local monkeys like jumping on from about 6am. Oh, and there was a bat flying round the room the second night when we went to bed. This is REAL.
Bathroom: private, but horrific
View: Bundi fort
Cost: A tiny 250 rupees
Recommended: We won't be doing this again. But go for the cleaner downstairs room if you want a basic and honest homestay experience.
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