Hotel Royal Estate Jaipur

... I don't know if this is the case, but there does not seem to be a state organised rubbish collection service, this means that everyone dumps all of their rubbish in the street and this is where you find a high concentration of animals, big fat hairy pigs with lots of little piglets, the universal sacred cow and chickens, all picking though the waste and eating any number of what can generously be described as exotic items including rotten newspapers and plastic bags ...

... Still, it wasn't terribly bad, not as expensive as NewYork or Stockholm. A beer was around $8 USD, a taxi was generally around $8 or $9 with a trip, and fast food meals were between $7 and $10.
Language Barrier - 95%. Probably a result of the large number of Americans doing business there, the language barrier was hardly a barrier at all in Dubai. It seemed to me that almost everyone spoke English. From taxi ...

... and wanted to fly home the following day. I couldn't blame her, I'd about had enough myself.

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 ...

... V, and Prince Philip have visited this establishment. A milieu of colours assaults the senses as soon as you arrive. The colours burst onto your eyeballs relentlessly, nearly every square inch of wall is covered by hand painted art denoting gods, scenes which were painted in a Karma Sutra stylee, although not as risque in nature. There are old original books and bone china sets displayed that are ...

... This is seen here when you have extreme poverty yet extreme wealth; people try to get you to part with your money yet others with very little money give it to you; masses of people yet good friendships made quickly and easily; simple people yet complex and complete focus and purpose in life........I could go on and on but let me expand on what I mean with what we have experienced so you see how India is such an amazing place. Your extreme emotions are tweaked ...

I arrived at the farm on the 13th November. i had a very long walk down a very long coutry road to get there but a very nice lady found me along the way and took me across the field and over very high stone walls to get there a bit quicker for which I will be eternally grateful and bemused, all of my pack and me over a wall like I was in the army and it was the Krypton Factor final round! Mr Binod the owner of the farm is like a far flung entity, a God that no-one has ...

... new ideas and promoting networking among agencies working in mF sector. At present, CmF has four core working groups (CWGs) each dedicated towards performing a key role in the State's mF sector, viz. (a) Resource Agency; (b) Knowledge Hub; (c) Idea Incubation; and (d) Networking and Collaborations." The Centre has many training modules and may work into the Teleconferencing Programs that I am developing,

... this. "can we go in?" we asked as we drove up the long drive through a lush green park, exactly like Pall Mall in London. "no, it's closed today." For FLAMING HELL'S SAKES!!!!! So, we drove around Albert Hall and back down 'Pall Mall' to.....where next?? "some lunch perhaps?" "no, still not hungry". Hmm...Houston we have a problem with the tourists. They are not co-operating with The Plan. "could we go to the City Palace?" we asked. "no, closed today...renovation work ...

... it was, or at least what a bargain we believe it was. We then went into the fabric department and giddy with the thrill of conspicuous consumption we decided to have shirts made for each of us which were delivered to our hotel later that night. While they were hard at work making the shirts, we continued on our tour, first to the Observatory and then to the bits of the City Palace that the King doesn´t live in. The Jantar Mantar observatory was ...

... real fort has the biggest cannon in the world - local people are very proud of their 3 records, the 2 others beginning the largest sundial (measures to 4 second accuracy) and the largest silver pots in the world. From the forts you can really get a feel for how noisy Indian city's are, the sound of music, people and traffic is easily heard from the forts that are a few miles away, no wander its difficult to sleep in ...