Trident Jaipur

... and 1586. It was abandoned due to a scarcity of water, but still stands resplendent after all these years. Upon reaching Jaipur we check into our hotel and have lunch before spending the afternoon touring. We visit a very interesting observatory, Jantar ...

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 ...

... of convex mirrors inlaid into the walls and ceiling. Strangely the mirrors were actually imported from Italy!     One of Jaipur's emperors (okay we can't remember which one) had a real thing about astrology and the prediction of futures and ...

Today we travelled from Kalakho to Jaipur, a city of just over 3 million people - not large by Indian standards as Calcutta, Delhi and Mumbai have populations around 15 million.  But still more than twice the size of greater ...

... finally see a woman come in as we are on the way out.  She shows us how she block prints and then we are off.  On to Jaipur via one of the worst roads of all time, we show up just in time for me to hit the bed as I am feeling even worse ...

... 't see her though.  She's here to tape a talk show, and to take part in the literary festival currently happening in Jaipur.  Our lunch in the City Palace Cafe was pedestrian - a sign that I have sampled enough Indian food to distinguish between ...

We are now in Jaipur which is called the rose colored city because most of the buildings are made of rose colored stone. It was originally given that name when Prince Albert of England came here for a visit in the late 1800s and the current majaraja had ...

Day 4 Tuesday 18th March 2008 Agra - Jaipur We started with breakfast in the Trident - where Stewart has a lovely Indian breakfast - which proved to be hotter than the meal the night before.  It's still very flat countryside, still full of roadworks ...

We bound out the door as the sun is rising in order to be first in line to ride elephants up the hill to the famous Amber Fort. Sunrise on the fort is spectacular, and we are in the first bevy of groups to make the ascent in royal style aboard an ...

... .  Punctuating the "oldest mountains in the world", it  was constructed by Rajput maharajas before Jaipur existed.  Belonging to the Hindu “Kshatriya”, this warrior class holds in accordance ...

... ) with mama's secret ingredients.  I met my brother in law Mic in his hotel (the most amazing place I've ever been in.  Trident Gurgaon something or other.  It was so weird and nice  to see a familiar face.  We had a lovely dinner ...

... tired. Bring on the Taj Mahal and then we will have seen the best of all. We arrive in Agra soon after. Our hotel is the Trident as we have had to moves from the Grand Imperial as the owners have had a death in the family and the whole hotel is closed ...

... of brightness to the dusty brown backdrop of the buildings (PICS).   In a similar style to the city palace in Jaipur, there were several exhibition halls with examples of the kind of luxuries the emperor and his wives had at their disposal. One ...

... demanded of their workers and they stood out vividly against the clear blue skies (PICS).     We arrived at the Trident Hilton Agra and had a few hours rest before meeting up with our tour guide. The hotel was modern and set in beautiful ...

... , because I’m always running late these days, it seems.  Less than awake, I traipse through the lobby of the ultra-modern Trident Hotel in Agra to meet Sushant, who will be my guide for the next few days. ...

... is delayed in arriving, so I have the evening to rest and relax. My India tour company puts me up for a few hours at the Trident Hilton near the airport. What an amazing, eye-popping, lavish property! I just crash in the room, read news, write emails, and ...

... bank of speakers just across the road, the reason - another festival!!!! The Fort was was interesting, thankfully different from the ones in Jaipur, part of the complex has free access and we got hassled alot in there so we spent most of the time in the ...

... their little girl. They thanked us profusely and walked off excited that they got a picture of us. Incidentally, at the amusement park in Jaipur, a family came up to us and all took a picture with us. I think we're going to have to hire a bodyguard and ...

7 hour road journey from Jaipur to Udaipur but at least we lived to tell the tale!  Quite different here to other places we've visited so far.  Much cleaner and more organised.  Much of Udaipur's wealth comes from the marble that is mined ...