Jantar Mantar - Jaipur

Today yet another rickshaw driver took us on a city tour, this rickshaw driver was very nice though.

First we went to Jantar Mantar, basically a courtyard with tonnes of giant sundials in it. It was actually really impressive. Then to another "Baby Taj" (seems to be a lot of those kicking about, this was the place where all the Maharajah' …

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Am Morgen verlassen wir Delhi und damit erst einmal das Großstadtgewühl - um am Mittag in Jaipur anzukommen. Der Hauptstadt von Rajasthan, die für unsere europäischen Verhältnisse mit ihren 3 Millionen Einwohnern eigentlich auch eine Megacity ist - hier hat eine Stadt dieser Größenordnung dann doch eher dörflichen Charakter.

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Quite a packed day today.

9am start, surprisingly our english speaking tour guide spoke really good english!

We headed to Amber Fort. Paid for an Elephant Ride to take us from the entrance to the entrance of the fort. Elephants had their trunks and head painted. The ride up was a bit bumpy and bouncy - thought I was going to fall …

Didnt get up to much Monday, just placement in the day. First day at the new school today so all the kids where super excitable! But much easier to teach in a classroom! The school has a sand yard with toilets and running water, my one littlun didn't know how to use. The toilet so I had to teach her, it's the one with the Holbein the floor, bless …

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Painted elephants, mountaintop forts, playful monkeys, snake charmers and ancient temples….Yeah, today was a good day.

We had arranged for a car for the entire day, to visit the various sights of Jaipur, and our driver arrived at our hotel at 7:30 so that we could get an early start and beat some of the heat. …

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Hotel - Country Inn & Suites (no bonito y servicio malo) Amber Fort and Palace - subida al fuerte en elefante y luego ver palacio. Lo mas bonito sala de espejos. Jal Mahal - Palacio enmedio de lago Man Sagar. Solo paramos el bus para verlo de lejos. City Palace- mas o menos pero vale la pena verlo. Puertas bonitas. Jantar Mantar - observatorio …

A 6am wake up call!! Are you kid—?? I've been unemployed for a month! Do you really think I've seen these times recently!? Reluctantly I'm up, at breakfast for 6:30am and downstairs ready to go at 7am. Our local bus was to leave at 7:30am for our trip to Jaipur but much like black time it was late. My bag is so full I'm tempted, 4 days in, to …

India - Day 4 - Jaipur
Mohammed our driver is a gem. He collected us after our lovely breakfast on the lawn and brought us straight in to it.
First stop was the city watchtower - a tower you climb to the top of with amazing views over the pink city.
Next stop was the palace - amazing again. This time a totally different style to …

... Feeling underwhelmed about diving into the city's mad streets again, we did it anyway.  This time we visited the Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar and City Palace in one busy afternoon.  First was the Hawa Mahal, a five storey structure built in 1799 ...

... the mood of the city. The Palace complex is one of the major attractions along with the adjacent observatory (Jantar Mantar, 1728). Although Jane returned saying she was not particularly impressed with either, when compared to other places in ...

... a bike decided to ride into me and scraped the skin from my forearm. Bloody hurt!!! Our last day was spent at Jantar Mantar, a huge outdoor observatory built by Jai Singh in the 1700's. Each massive instrument has a specific purpose (like finding ...

... worth by visiting the Albert Hall (museum), Monkey Temple (monkeys + great views), textile factory/shop (bought some gifts) and Jantar Mantar (observatory) and got dropped off for dinner on the first day. On wednesday we visited the Royal Gaitor, Amber ...

... on that later. Side note: the elephants were beautifully painted/henna tattooed which was pretty cool. On to the observatory Jantar Mantar, and here we see something new and amazing!  The complex has numerous sun dials, including the largest ...

... of the city's historical district--to the Hawa Mahal and through narrow streets near and around the city palace and Jantar Mantar Observatory. Once, I joined a group of drummers, pounding on a bass drum as everyone smiled and laughed. After hours ...

... myself from them (I have done my reading and prefer to explore the sites by myself unless I would totally miss the experience - like Jantar Mantar - it is much easier (for me) and 100% more relaxing). They have their pre-planned speech and course and ...

... it all. Even after seeing the "largest cannon in Asia" in one of the mountainous forts around Jaipur, the sight I was most impressed with was the Jantar Mantar Observatory. Built in the early 1700's it contains a large assortment of stone devices for ...

... .  We could see the Tiger Fort looming over the city, the Palace nearby, and the very cool astronomical observatory, Jantar Mantar, below. Our first stop was the palace.  They have a pretty cool habit of giving you an entry ticket ...

... sandstone colour), the City Palace where inside we saw the armory, carriage museum amongst many other things, the observatory (The Jantar Mantar), and finally the tiger fort (Nahargarh).....absolutely stunning views from this fort at the top of one of ...