Up early on bus
Yoga yogi awaits us
Breath, relax, smile.
Business card. They are on Facebook, too! (MG)
Back from yoga class
Eat a quick breakfast and then
Time to face the day
Raj and Karan take
Flexible people around
Jaipur: Pink City
Raj, Jaipur guide, and Karan, with us most of the time, have been great resources and very responsive to our needs. (MG)
First Jantar Mantar
Observatory very
Cool. And kinda hot.
Astronomical Observatory. This place was amazing. Check it out online. (MG)
City Palace big
One king seven feet tall, four
wide. Anomaly.
Detail of Peacock Gate at City Palace. (MG)
Another group seems
all-girls school from USA
Didn’t ask them, though.
At City Palace. You can see us if you look carefully. (MG)
Lunch, lunch, lunch, lunch, lunch
Buffet of Indian food
Drinks not included.
Amber Fort is high
On mountain, up in sky, so
Have to take a Jeep
Our Jeep. Sniff. (MG)
Really a palace
Sky is blue, stone is yellow
Beautiful contrast.
The colors were so striking at the Amber Palace. “Amber” means “sky” in Hindu. (MG)
Monkeys? Again? [:-)] Though
These are gray with black faces
Looking down at me.
There were tons of this in and around the palace. (MG)
Really not monkeys. (MG)
Amber Fort room of
Mirrors – fragments that reflect
To infinity.
This room was unbelievable. There were even gemstones (I think they were…) so that when you shone a light up at ceiling, there were twinkling stars in red, blue, green, clear…subtle, and cool. (MG)
View from palace makes
Me gasp and smile and forget
That I must leave soon.
Water garden? Lake garden? In any case, eye-catching! (MG)
What? No bazaar now?
What? High-ish end artisan
Market? No plastic?
Block printer demonstrating how to decorate fabric. (MG)
Okay, it’s not so
Bad, but still want to stop at
Classic street bazaar.
In bus, to dinner
Seems far away maybe the
Hotel would be fine.
Long way through traffic
Finally arrive and wow!
It seems kind of cool.
Maggie and Abbi dance with other visitors to Chokhi Dhani Resort, where we had dinner. (MG)
Party atmosphere
Music, dance, artisans, corn.
Buffet – pass the naan.
Dinner-time entertainment at Chokhi Dhani Resort.
Happy diners at Chokhi Dhani Resort.
Smiles and happiness…the yogi was right! (MG)
Ditto. (MG)
Dinner winding down. (MG)
Gilda need not fear
There is, in fact, some ice cream
Just not chocolate.
What’s in that bowl, Gilda? (MG)
Dinner over now
Back to bus; hotel gift shop
Awaits my rupees.
JK! I did not
Purchase things in that gift shop;
Went to other one.
Pack, pack, jettison
Stuff I no longer wanted
To create some space.
Out of hotel by
Nine thirty; classic market
Awaits my rupees.
Head to Delhi morn
Hope there is no traffic on
Road of next journey.
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