Royal Aashiyana Palace Jaipur

... my sister that I would see a Bollywood Film in India. Well sis we kept that promise with bells on. Not only did we go to the cinema, we went to the Raj Mandir Cinema only the number one Hindi cinema in India. We decided to go for the 6.30 viewing, and booked our tickets nice and early, Emerald Class which was 80 rupees each - there were 50 rupee seats and 150 rupee box seats too. So enough time for food and peruse our books and ...

... charge us for him not knowing his way around.. as if!

We spent three days here but just chilled in the hotel, I had a trerrible cold and we were covered in bed bug bites from Amristar so feeling a bit **** over all but we were heading off to Jailsamer, which is in the thar desert region, its mighty hot out there and where we were going to pick up a camel safari for the night which Ill ...

... was linked to 12 rooms. Each room was individualized (some had pools; one had a ramp through which they carted the harem’s heavyweight) and had a secrete passage to a gallery overlooking the rooms. Man Singh could thus walk through the gallery, contemplating which wife to “visit” and then enter her room without the other ones’ notice. A second innovative idea was the use of the central square where he lined up his harem in the afternoon. The Maharaja ...

... hoogte! Helaas ook deze keer nog geen foto's, ik weet niet waarom het steeds niet wil lukken met de card reader, ik blijf proberen. Sinds gister zijn we over de helft van onze reis lieve mensen, de dag dat we terugkomen is nu dichterbij dan de dag dat we vertrokken. Aan de ene kant raar omdat we al zoooveel hebben meegemaakt en we hebben nog zo'n tijd, aan de andere kant ook raar dat straks het einde in zicht gaat komen. Tot de volgende keer, liefs, Brita

... thouroughly amused by dancers, acrobats, palm readers, elephant and camel rides, henna tattoos, old-style indian clothes photos, magicians, puppets, mazes, jungles, fires, tribal dancing, chai, and a full traditional rajasthani thali (all you can eat little bit of everything meal...on the floor and all). After that crazy amount of fun we headed back to the hotel for some sleep! Sonu picked us up at 12 this afternoon and took us around the town again ...

... matter what was said they followed us. Instead of giving money this time Dave shared his mandarins with a couple of girls which I think was cool. While I am sure most of the beggars are professions, the girls are still girls. We asked the girl why she did not beg from locals and she indicated that she would get hit, something I saw later on. While we were approached by girls, the women on our truck were mainly ...

... big smog cloud spoiled the view a little bit... then we get Pizza together. I have been craving cheese in the crust pizza like forever. Hmmm! So I eat two slices and immediately realize that I shouldn't do that to my already torn apart stomach. Another 2 or three days of banana and toast lie ahead of me. Something really messed up my stomach in Bodhgaya and it just wont return back to normal.Stupid thing, must start looking for a new one as long as ...

... dogs. I have learned to be mean to beggar children and have found that my translation of Green Eggs and Ham into Hindi has become helpful. I use the "You let me be!" line quite a lot. Today was spent trying to watch a three hour long Hindi movie which was regularly interrupted by rolling blackouts. Chapatis have become the norm and I don't even dare to hope for breakfast cereal anymore. Its dirty, its hot, its humid and its ...

... we did) to the top offers fantastic views of Jaipur. Sanjeev then dropped us off at the back entrance of Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds), built mainly from pink sandstone (and decorated in contrasting white quakee or limestone 'paint') in 1799 for the Royal wives and harem of the Kings and Emperors, so they could live and watch the markets below without being veiled or covered up and watched. It has 5 stories, many windows and 'peep holes ...

... than Uttar Pradesh. The old pink city was painted thus in honour of a trip made to the city by Prince Edward (although might have just made that up as don't have the guide book to hand!). Beautiful bazarres selling most gorgeous pashminas, shoes, jewellry (a shopper's paradise). Like Agra, the usual melee of touts and rickshaw's prevail though these things our eclipsed by the beauty of the old city and the ...