Our first night in Jaipur was very relaxing. We went to Birla Mandir temple with our guide Taren. It was really beautiful and had great views of Jaipur where we watched the sunset. Back at the hotel we managed to do some washing. Today we woke up to blue skies and sunshine. Very hot and we almost wished we could have the rain back! We visited the Amber Fort - a former home of the king of Jaipur. We got our animals mixed up and it was elephants that took tourists up to the Fort, not camels! We did not however ride them because we're planning to do that in Thailand. We did however get some fantastic pictures of them.
Our guide was excellent, he was very knowledgeable and gave us time to wander around on our own and enjoy the sights. The Fort was impressive like many of the places we have already seen and the detail on the walls and entrances was incredible. The only problem we did have walking around on our own was that due to the complex of passages and rooms we got lost and had to ask for directions.
We feel a lot more comfortable walking the streets of Jaipur. It is cleaner and the people seem really friendly - Not so many stares! So far our favourite city of India.
Tomorrow we depart for Bikaner which is 300km away.
Lots of Love
Rach & Mark. xxx
You are busy bees aren't you!! I can see how you managed to get camels and elephants muddled up, they are pretty similar...... Glad that you are settling in well, by the sounds of it your glad to be away from delhi - not surprised!
ReplyDeleteKeep the updates coming, its a grest break from work, which doesn't make me jealous at all!! Love you lots
Becky
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ps - Poppy sends her love, afraid I havent started the poppy blog yet xxxx