The Trident, Jaipur
Amber Fort Rd, opposite Jal Mahal Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302002, India
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelThe Trident, Jaipur
Sat 19th Jan 08 - Agra & The Taj Mahal
This is the big one, the thing everyone comes to this part of India to see, it took 6 hours to drive here from Ranthambore, arriving mid afternoon on the 18th. We sent the rest of the afternoon checking out the local area - not much to report, Agra is a dump, so we got an early night so we could be at the Taj for 7am at sunrise. We arrived just …
India - Jaipur
Our Agra guide left us after Fatehpur Sikri and we got on the road for the long 5-hour drive to Jaipur. The roads between Agra and Jaipur were a complete mess, with potholes and debris scattered everywhere, causing our driver to zigzag constantly for the entire journey. It was amusing to finally see the reason for all the horn blowing we had …
India - Jodhpur
During the drive from Jaipur to Jodhpur our driver found that he had to take a number of detours (for some unknown reason several of the main roads were blocked) and these led to further detours when our driver had no idea where he was going. He would stop every 200 yards and ask for directions from various local people, most of whom seemed to have …
The food finally catches up to me in Jaipur
I wake up on the wrong side of the bed, or maybe I ate something bad, or maybe I was stung by a bug, or maybe... no matter what happened I feel awful! We pass on the morning safari in exchange for a nice walk around the local area. We stop in a local women's collaborative and while we see no women, we do see plenty of nice handicrafts. We buy a few …
Jaipur, India....favorite stop in India thus far!
After seeing the Taj on Monday, we hopped back in the car for a 3 1/2 hour ride from Agra to Jaipur. Strike up the Willie Nelson, cause we were On the Road Again. Despite some of the world's worst poverty problems, India has some of the nicest toll roads you'll ever see. Maybe not as wide as the 405 in Orange County, but a lot smoother than that …



