DAY 3
First thing running in my mind when i wake up - Last day of that Awesome breakfast and Dinner.
Today is Jaipur sightseeing day.
We set off stomach bursting towards the old part of Jaipur and learnt why it was called the pink city. Some phoren prince fellow was visiting Jaipur and we being the ever-sweet, guest loving country that we are( we let the British rule us for how many years?) decided to paint all the buildings pink to welcome him to the city. I guess they still follow that rule, cause even the new buildings in that area are painted pink .
The Hawa Mahal - for the ladies to look out and see whats happening without disobeying the purdah rule
First thing running in my mind when i wake up - Last day of that Awesome breakfast and Dinner.
Today is Jaipur sightseeing day.
We set off stomach bursting towards the old part of Jaipur and learnt why it was called the pink city. Some phoren prince fellow was visiting Jaipur and we being the ever-sweet, guest loving country that we are( we let the British rule us for how many years?) decided to paint all the buildings pink to welcome him to the city. I guess they still follow that rule, cause even the new buildings in that area are painted pink .
The Hawa Mahal - for the ladies to look out and see whats happening without disobeying the purdah rule
From here we went towards the Amber Fort. I think thats the single best thing about Jaipur. From the elephant ride to the actual fort , i think it was spectacular. The elephants used to go on countless trips to leave visitors at the entrance to the fort but since one elephant fainted due to exhaustion the Govt stepped in and made it mandatory that each elephant is allowed only 5 trips a day. My elephant-driver nicknamed his elephant Ferrari , obviously you ll know why. He would have overtaken atleast 6 elephants, i held on for dear life but it was a lot of fun.
A lot of Jodha-Akbar scenes were shot here. Aishwarya being carried away to be married to Akbar is along the above road. The sword fighting scene is inside the same fort.
One of the gardens inside the fort- everything is symmetric and beautiful
One can spend the entire day inside the fort. The maternal house of Jodha bai is here and all the houses have holes to allow the women to have a look at the proceedings of the day without venturing out. We next saw the Jantar mantar. It had a whole lot of physical instruments indicating time and day which didnt make any sense to me and i doubt the guide knew what he was talking about.
Anyway this was what i was tallking about - something about the stars and all. Physics and me -no connection
The Jal palace in the middle of the Man Sagar lake in Jaipur . Some hotel has bought it and plans to convert it into a resort type place. Looks majestic, guessing it'll take a fortune to stay there for a night.
Got so interested in the mughal history that i bought this book at the Airport .Its the first of the series chronicling the lives of Babur, Humayun and then Akbar. Blow-by-blow account of their lives , it was worth the read
Brilliant time .Met some great folks there.
My phone tricked me. Airtel somehow welcomed me to Andhra Pradesh when i landed in Gujarat . Still trying to figure how that happened.
Cheers :)
