Holiday Inn Jaipur

... in the room (you are not allowed it) the light from a single candle would make the whole ceiling shimmer as if by starlight. It is truly a shame that no attempt was made to illuminate it to give us some small idea of how it looked at it's <br>best, but it was truly a sight to behold.<br> By now all the elephants have trundled off to their afternoon jobs and the main square feels too big and empty without them. An army of workers have swept away the pooh ...

... streets, you can only assume desperate times call for education to come second. However, when they're at school they love it. All are very keen to learn and even if they don't know how to do something you can see them trying. Many of them are starting school at a much older age than would be ideal. Some have never had the opportunity to draw with a pencil or crayon. They even struggle to know what to draw. We have to inspire them with animals, people ...

... of World Records for having the world's biggest solid<br>silver objects. Woop. My favourite place had to be Jantar Mantar, the<br>observatory. It was full of these huge crazy looking astronomical<br>instruments. It also had THE best audio tour ever, which was basically<br>a father and daughter team discussing each instrument, just comical<br>really.<br><br><br><br>The next day I met up with a couple of brits I met in the hotel and we<br>went for a walk ...

... auch etwas besonders. Wer hat schon die Chance das Taj wie in einem Maerchen wahrzunehmen. Die Fotos, die ich hoffentlich noch auf diese Seite stellen kann, werden es zeigen. Jetzt sind wir in Jaipur. Gestern hatten wir lessons in Hindi, Hinduismus und ueber die Situation von Frauen in Radjasthan. Sehr interessant. Dann gings in eines der bekanntesten Kinos in Indien - dort haben wir einen Film (Vruvvjajj) gesehen. Salman Khan war in diesem ...

changement radical, me voila a Jaipur dans le Rajasthan. Les gens l'appelle la ville rose (je m attendais vraiment a du rose), Il y fait chaud et sec, mais c est vraiment supportable, la mousson semble etre finie. Un truc de dingue, j ai rencontre une ...

... a beautiful, charming Hotel SAMODE HAVELI in Jaipur. We drank several cups of coffee and he showed me why Samode was going to be where it was for a very long time to come. While other equally deserving Forts and Palace Hotels keep making additions by way of modcons, Yadavendra Singh (aka Yadu Banna) and Badé Sardar (big chief, his ...

... eentje! - Spookrijden in India geen probleem is: gewoon goed blijven toeteren en vooral niet letten op de schreeuwende belgische meisjes achterin je riksja... - Het geen goed idee is je kleren aan een waslijn te laten hangen op het dak van je hotel tijdens moessonseizoen? - Het hotelpersoneel hier ongelofelijk behulpzaam is? ze gaan zelfs je kleren persoonlijk van een ander dak afplukken! - Pluche dieren niet binnenmogen in ...

... the hills surrounding Jaipur.. We climbed all the way down and hopped in our tuk tuks for the final stop -- pathetic I know but it was lunch at Subway! We were like animals and it was a really really great lunch!! I went back and rested and decided to have for dinner a vegetable curry from downstairs, research for my Moroccan trip, straighten my hair (one of the girls had bought one!) and do some grooming and bum around... jobs done i crashed in bed!

... all day, but stopping at night. Our guide told us that it's wise not to be on the highways at night b/c drivers take opium to stay awake and may accidentally take too much.(!) I'm glad we're taking the train. The Lonely Planet guidebook said that there are waiting rooms at the train station that one can rent, so we may do that later, as we're being dropped off several hours before our train leaves. The last time I was in India, I remember there ...