Jaipur Inns - Reviews and Rates

As Mel puts it: "It was Monsooning" when we left for Jaipur in an autorickshaw. Autorickshaws are basically green golf-buggys with yellow tarpaulin roofs. They have open sides, which allows the neighbouring vehicles to swamp your feet with surface water as they pass. The open aspect also enables the driving rain to come in horizontally as the ri...

In the morning we had breakfast then I went out with one of the other volunteers to get some English money changed. Then we tried to find the market that we went through the day before but I think it was still too early, there were no stallsor anything, just beggers following us half way down the road. They wouldn't ask for money from locals, ju...

Jaipur

Jaipur is the first planned city of India, located in the desert lands of Rajasthan. The city that once had been the capital of the royalty, now serves as the capital city of Rajasthan. The very structure of Jaipur resembles the taste of the Rajputs and the Royal family. In the present date, Jaipur is the major busine...

In the last week and a half we have been to Gwalior, Agra, New Delhi and Jaipur. We visited the fort at Gwalior which has been held by many dynasties throughout the centuries. The Taj Mahal in Agra really is very beautiful and much bigger than I expected. The Taj Mahal was built in 1653 by Mungal Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his second wi...

I had the privilege to experience Diwali in Jaipur this past weekend. It was a fantastic experience, and it was a bit like the Christmas holiday season that I'm used to at home (in Canada). A lot of lights, decorations and fireworks around the city. I spent around 9 hours at the Pink City (core of Jaipur) on Friday with some friends, walking aro...

Well, some good came of being ill as the friend I made at Delhi airport has caught up with me in Jaipur. We spent the day seeing the sights in the town, including the Palace of the Winds which where the Maharajah's wives could watch processions while in full purdah. The facade of the building is incredibly ornate and has many tiny windows and pe...

So let's see.... we did get spoiled by Udaipur and Jaisalmer really, but Jaipur was a bit of a tough one to enjoy. Yes, there was a cool observatory with all sorts of astrological tools, as well as the city palace and an ornately carved building where the wives of the Maharaja could look out and check out the parades that go by. The problem was ...