Day 58 - Jaipur

It’s been a busy day today in India. We had a car and driver all day and they took us all around the local sights (not reachable by walking). These included:

Royal cemetery - a lot of this is actually pretty new with a couple of tombs from the 1900’s. They still have a thriving stone masonry industry here and you can see it next to a lot of the roads in new buildings et al.

Amber fort - really busy but super interesting. This place was a closed royal palace for the king and his wives until independence.

Stepped well - fairly out of the way of the normal tourist routes. This was a short walk from the Amber fort but is largely unknown.

Monkey temple - the only place where my camera has ever needed a ticket. Also a ticket that is 150% of my ticket price! It was notable that whilst there we had rain (about the first shower we have seen for weeks). Luckily it stopped fairly quickly.

Patrika gate - this was a quick stop on the way back for some photos of an interesting park.

Left feeling a bit exhausted tonight following a full day of beeping and crazy driving. Also we are finding it hard to love India due to the rubbish everywhere, the constant heckling and the behaviours that we are seeing.Baca lagi