Hotel Maharani Palace Jaipur

... were feeding on them and being poisoned. He did assure me that as a result the use of this hormone was now restricted/banned?! I don't know if the story is true but it definitely gives pause for thought. So we still feel very happy with our decision and have so far avoided the worst of the Delhi Belly - in fact I can say in all honesty I have actually been worse in Cyprus!! <br><br>Being Vege in India also isn't such a hardship, with a large percentage of the ...

... to immigration officials to security guards, we never really had a problem. <br> Fun Factor - 85%. Dubai is really just a city, in the end, but it is a pretty fun city. What other city can you swim in really warm clear water on a beautiful beach, and then go skiing in 28 degree weather? The closest to it that I've come to is Hawaii, but Dubai is on an entirely different level. I don't think Dubai is CRAZY ...

... and wanted to fly home the following day. I couldn't blame her, I'd about had enough myself.<br><br>I stopped at a little Henna stand - well they were actually sitting down in front of a shop so I wouldn't call it a "stand" per se but whatever, I got my hand done. They were a few young guys and a couple of older ones who couldn't speak English but were nice nonetheless. While waiting for the Henna to dry I decided to have a little fun. I offered everyone that walked by a Henna in the ...

... I had a very nice mocha, and then we went to the Raj Mandir cinema in the heart of the entertainment district of Jaipur. Talk about plush and opulent, they could teach us a thing or two about how to deck out our cinemas. Think of flowing velvet, expensive carpets, and sweeping stairways. The film was quite magical and enjoyable with Raj Kapur playing Sarindra Singh, and his alter ego 'Raj Patel, in ...

... he did not want to follow his car and took us a different way we finally made it.  We stayed at the International Youth Hostel.  By the time we paid and settled in it was 4:30am.           The next day we went to an Indian restaurant and ordered many different kinds of food.  We ordered the food with the least spice but it was still very spicy for us.  Every bite that I ate equalled to one glass of ...

... for the day and that made it easy to commute. By our standards it was very cheap, costing 500 rupees for 6 hours, about $13.00. They had also given the auto-rickshaw driver instructions on where to take us (i.e. the tourist sights - most of which we wanted to see), but it would have been nice to wander on our own with no agenda. Most of the palaces and temples were in the old city and not too far from ...

... sick and the handicapped, only one understood English and was mute but communicated in squawks, but we understood her gesturing perfectly. There are 211 people staying there with only 7 sisters to look after them and no government funding, just donations. It was very touching being there, everyone loved seeing us and having their photos taken, they don't normally get visitors so for them to see some English guys come to see them and take an interest made them so happy.

... kameez suits. This doesn't mean that I went into a shop and just picked them up off the shelf. I first went to a fabric stall at the market where I looked at materials for about 2 hours. I picked out the fabrics and then went to a tailor to get the suits made. I think that it all cost me about $50. I feel like I am being so indulgent, but this is just how things are done normally here. Everyone I have met so far has been really ...

... up for your rights and what you believe to be the truth despite everything) and it was excellent (had rave reviews), with the acting excellent too! We understood about 85% of what was going on (no English sub titles) and just confirmed the story line with Sanjeev during the interval, as it was a 4 hr movie! The Indian people (often a family night out) really get into their movies and boo and yell out, arms flinging out at the 'bad' guys and ...

... for one. We headed back to the hotel and took it easy. Up early and to the Amber fort to wait in the queue for the elephant ride. There was alot of people there so had to wait about 1 hr to get the elephant ride up to Amber fort. It was nice. Couldn't really tell you were on an elephant. The ride took about 15 min or so up to the courtyard. The fort itself was okay - much like the others. The king had 12 wives so in this one area there were 12 identical rooms for each wife. After ...