Hotel Karni Niwas Jaipur

Jaipur was really just a stop off for us in order to see whatever sights there were and also to avoid a full day of travelling to visit Agra. So after a three hour bus journey from Pushkar we arrived and checked into a very nice room in Karni Niwas, the bathroom even had a bath tub - duly used by the lady. The city itself is really just a modern city which happens to have some old buildings in it. Even though the old city is effectively preserved within the old city walls its doesn't feel lik...

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16th April 2005 Bangkok to Mumbai Nice easy morning and departure from Bangkok. Fantastic electrical storm whilst in the taxi to the airport. As we sped along the raised highway lightening struck the city on either side of us all the way there. Had a KFC at the airport which proved to be a mistake as Mick was very poorly. Arrived in Mumbai after a decent but slightly disappointing flight on Cathay Pacific. Mumbai has the most decrepit airport imaginable. The toilets were disgusting! Got a tax...

First of all, I must confess: I'm home now as I write this. In fact, I stayed just a week in India: four days in the Himalayas, two in Jaipur, and one traveling between the two. You might think that with only two days in Jaipur, I wouldn't have so much to say. Quite the contrary! This turned out to be the funniest part of my trip -- perhaps because, as a guest of my friend Chintu, I had the best access to the local culture. Funny incident #1: While I intended to spend most of my time in Jaipu...

We took the overnight train from Jaisalmer to Jaipur on Monday night. Arrived in Jaipur at 5am and after the usual hassle at the train station we got a tuk tuk to the hotel we wanted to stay in. Room was ok and cost just over E10 a night. We slept til around 10am then went for breakfast in McDonalds! We noticed the city was quite dirty and the people were as bad with the staring as in Mount Abu. It was too hot again during the day to do much so we just went to the train station and booked our...

The pink city of Jaipur is steeped in Rajasthani history and tradition, forts, palaces, monuments, and old buildings speckled all across Jaipur, speak of its rich cultural heritage. The city was conceived and designed in 1727 AD by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh and was later named after him.
The city looks almost magical at sunset when the sunrays paint different hues of pink on the walls. It was painted a `welcoming pink` during the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1876.
We stayed at...

Jaipur is not my favorite Indian city. In fact I would say it is my least favorite Indian city.
After a very long train ride we arrived and were immediately picked up by our super friendly
guest house owner.

Right away a beggar woman with her small child in a sling in front of her came up to the jeep for food. I gave her some nuts I had left from the train ride. I watched her and she gently fed them to her son lovingly.
You don't see tenderness very often here.


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