Monkey Temple (Galwar Bagh) 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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DAY 5

With the plan of Ali my Touk driver to pick me up at 10am in the morning, I was looking for a day of great productive tourism. Before though, it was a cup of black coffee, or Dino fuel as I like to call it, sat in front of the Oscar ceremony at 8:30am, which I have to say was a bit surreal as I've always been used to getting up in …

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What an excellent day. Bubloo the tuktuk driver picked me up about 11.30am and off we went to the Amber Fort and Jaigarh Fort. They were huge and derelict, like the Red Fort in Agra. They were setting up for a wedding in the Jaigarh fort. I saw an impressive armoury, a collection of old pics from the days of the Raj, the world's largest cannon, a …

Hi, here we are again!

Got up early and went to the Amber Fort. The fort is situated high on the mountain with
a great views on the valley. The palace is in perfect condition and beautifully coloured. One of the buildings is covered with paintings and little mirrors – allmost shoddy. In another part we see a deep withe …

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Walking around the streets of Shimla is busy, busy, busy with people walking and shopping. The Mall area is 95% pedestrian only, the exceptions are government cars, ambulances etc and they all need permits.


Shimla is a non smoking city and has been since 2 October 2010. The reason I know is because there are signs everywhere saying …

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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 …

... my gratitude and left. Back in the car, Lala asked what we wanted to do next. We asked for his suggestions, which included Monkey Temple, a steep climb up a never ending mountain. Excellent. I should probably explain, being the idiot that I am, I was ...

... wonder round for a few hours. It's huge, full of small rooms, corridors leading all over and gardens. From there we head to the monkey temple and feed the monkeys. There are other animals too. One was a cow with a leg growing out of its neck!! Its owner ...

... to the gem store, a motorbike rider had arrived. Janu had been delayed on business with the car and so that I don't miss out on Monkey Temple, I would be biked out there. The biker was a nice guy and gave me plenty of info about the temple, which was ...

... days to see the sights, Jaipur is a big city so we got our money's 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 ...

... best pleased with our tiny tip and he looked quite menacing astride a 10ft, 2 tonne elephant.     Next stop was the Monkey temple where Dan had a great time feeding them by hand and one even jumped on his back. I didn't like them much, ...

... under control, we headed out to Jaipur. Jaipur is dubbed "the pink city" but the view of the city from the hill-top monkey temple revealed a blue, white and brown city... I was fairly disappointed by Jaipur, "Just another big city" I said as we booked ...

... in all the Pink city sucked..... except for the most amazing thing I have yet to see in  my life..... the Monkey Temple!!!!   Both Ben and I have a  special disposition towards monkeys.... honestly they are awesome.  Eventually ...

... journey but the chatty old driver got more money than the trip should have cost. 11/11/09 Went to Galta (Monkey temple) today on the east side of Jaipur, deciding to walk up the hill to the Surya temple than take an auto for 10km to be dropped off at ...

... nbsp;        Our final stops were at the Water Palace, which sits in the middle of a lake, and The Monkey Temple. The Water Palace was built in the 18th Century but we only got to see if from the side of the lake as we ...

... . Jaipur is a bustling city, hot, lots of cows, and cow shit, lots of dogs and monkeys. We went to what is known as monkey temple and had a little guide with us who was kind of cute until he demanded money as they all do but it was cheaper to have him ...