26) Jaipur - Rajasthan’s colourful capital

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April 9th 2005

Published: April 18th 2005

We immediately caught a bus from Nawalgarh to Jaipur, when it was about to leave. It was again a luxury coach, with only two seats on both sides of the aisle, and for the first time we could also store Stephan’s bigger backpack in the luggage compartment overhead. The trip went ahead without any complications or special events. Once again we arrived in darkness and as the bus was entering the bu... Read Full Entry

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Window

The ladies were only allowed to see an extract of the outer world

Jantar Mantar (Observatory)

Nice observatory next to the Jaipur City Palace. This instrument is similar to the sundials you can find in good old Europe

Large Sundial

Most accurate sundial (27.4m high), however you need to climb up the steps to read the time. The 3 dots in the sky are not stars but dust within the camera

Small Sundial

The inclination of the staircase is linked to the position of Jaipur above the equator. The shadow of the staircase on one of the two arcs will give the solar time at Jaipur

Zodiacs

For each zodiac there is a different instrument, each one pointing to another part of the sky

Amber gardens

Klaudia would die for such a garden to call her own!

Ganesh Pol

This gate is dedicated to Ganesh, whose portait you can discover beneath the middle arch

Ganesh Pol detail

Overwhelming floral paintings

Hall of Public Audience

Here the Maharajah stooped to receive his subjects

Mirror Hall

It reveals its full splendour when a match is lit

Self Portrait

Even after almost 280 years the mirror is still working. Please admire the artist at work!

Author at work

On our next long travel she will take a laptop with her! At the moment she has to be satisfied with old-fashioned paper and a lassi to inspire her

1st June 2006

Tera
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peacock gate
Wow! Great site with fascinating photos. I was looking for peacock arts and your peacock gate photo is really beautiful. Have bookmark your travel blog. Now I am planning a trip to Bagan. Glad if you could give me some info on the safety there as well as the cheap lacquerwares that I can buy. My email: soi41@hotmail.com Cheers

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