Hotel Haveli
Travel Blogs from Jaipur
The Pink City of Jaipur
... really did have beautiful hand made clothing and and hand printed fabrics. We hired a tuk tuk for a hald day trip to see Amber Fort, the Floating Palace and to have sundowners at Tiger Fort. To get to Amber Fort we had to drive through the slums of Jaipur, and it was basically like driving through an animal farm! Along all the streets there were pigs, cows, sheep, goats and chickens all rummaging for food in the rubbish piles. the poverty is ...
Teach Man to Farm and He'll Eat for a Day
... that this music seemed to stop when the farm owner was in ear shot. I could hazard a guess as to why they frequently called the 'Big Boss' a 'Big Problem'.
I am sorry to report that there were further times during my Indian adventure that my gender became a disability. I was not permitted to spray the lemon trees with cow urine, faeces and butchers waste as the smell was not tolerable for ladies nostrils. The farm owner could not fathom why I ...
Pink City
... City was so cool however not everything was pink it was sort of a peachy colour, i think the paint had just faded away.
We didnt spend long enough in Jaipur for me to have a proper opinion on the city but i did like it better than Delhi.
Enjoy the pictures
Alisha
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DEFINITELY SUMMER IN KOLKATA
... domed structure and I gather there is another queen celebrating a Diamond Jubilee this year. What a coincidence. To get into this magnificent building it cost me 150 rupees or $3.00 USD(Indian nationals pay 10 rupees). The interesting thing was I gave the ticket man 500 rupees and he handed ...
Happy Holi!
... we decided that it was time to call it a day, and try to wash off the thick coating of colors. Straight into the shower without even taking the clothes off, it took quite some time to get even slightly clean. For the remainder of the day, we were finding little patches that we missed, and I don’t even have to tell you what it looked like when we blew our noses!
Despite the potential for danger, Holi is truly a one of a kind experience, and not to be ...