Jantar Mantar - Jaipur

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 …

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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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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 …

Hello to everyone back in England!

Becca, Emily, Siriol and Gauri have all arrived in India and we are having a fab time!

Whilst they were in Delhi we visited the Purana Qila (a ruined city), Humayun's Tomb, the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid (the biggest mosque in India), the Lakshmi Narayan Temple (a Hindu Temple supported by Gandhi …

Tonnara is an Italian term for a fishing tecnique used in Sicily until a few decades ago. Tunafish would be captured by channelling them through a tunnel built inside the fishing ships and slaughtered using spikes and sticks.

This is somehow how it feels like here, but once you get past the madness it's quite a beautiful place.

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Jaipur, The Pink City. Yes that's right im back in Rajasthan and that of course means that the city needs a colour theme. This gateway city normally forms the start of peoples adventures into Rajasthan however for me it marks the beginning of the end being the last new city I will visit in India. A city full of charm with the most accommodating …

Entry containing 93 photos titled: Day One - The Amber Fort, The Amber Fort, Jess at The Amber Fort, Ganesh Pol, Monkey!, Monkeys at The Amber Fort, Monkey at The Amber Fort, Day Two - Hawa Mahal, Holi Hector, The Pink City, Hawa Mahal, Looking over to Jantar Mantar, Jess in Jaipur, Holi paint

We arrived at Jaipur station at 12:40pm after bidding farewell to a lovely Indian family consisting of granny, mum and 2 year old daughter! We were pleasnatly welcomed by our rickshaw driver holding a piece of paper with 'Marisa, Welcome Jaipur' on a piece of paper...a super start...so we thought!! Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and we …

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... to opinion, we didn't go in. The picture from the outside was great. So we took one of these instead. Next was Jantar Mantar. I have mentioned in a previous story, there was a show last year called 80 treasures around the world, and this is one of them. ...

... left our invitation to take tea with His Highness in the hotel so we were thrown out. The most unusual place in Jaipur is the Jantar Mantar. The name is derived from Sanskrit and means ‘instrument of calculation’. It was a place built by Jai ...