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Published: March 11th 2014
The road from Agra to Jaipur was completely in line with what we had already seen in India, namely crowdy, chaotic and full of surprises... If you compare the traffic with the traffic-rules in Europe, the first thing that comes to your mind is something like "This situation is crazy!". But after a while, you can see that there is a system in it. One of the tricks is even written on most of the trucks: "
Blow Horn". Since the local drivers all have the same driving habits, they can avoid -even if it is just at the last moment- accidents. Not entirely true... in Jaipur we once saw an accident. After they both checked if their vehicles were still working, they just continued their way.
When we got closer to Jaipur, we saw a change of the environment. The ground became drier. We saw more camels along the way. I was intrigued by the
large chimneys we saw. Apperently they were used by
brickworks.
The first monument we visited at jaipur was
Amber Fort. Strategically located on a hill, it offers a fantastic view on the valley. There are several ways to enter the Fort. We chose the
access via elephant. The faster the elephant arrived at the main entry, the faster the driver could pick up new clients. I suppose that was the reason our driver was stressing the elephant. The Amber Fort itself was very beautiful. Besides monkeys in the fort, we also saw a bee colony.
We had a short photo stop to take some pictures of the
Water Palace. As in the cities of Delhi and Agra, we visited the local bazaars. We also visited the
government shop. It seemed ideal for people wanting to buy some typical souvenirs, but without the hassle of bargaining. One of our tuk-tuk drivers Saddam insisted that we took a photo of him. The rides with the tuk-tuk reminded me of the good times I had in Thailand. For me it always feels special when I'm in a tuk-tuk.
The one thing that I found completely different with the pictures I had seen in advance was the
Palace of Winds. I have to admit that it is very beautiful. But if you see some pictures about it, you can't imagine that it is just aside a very busy road.
If you have the opportunity to
go to the
Raj Mandir cinema, I would definitely say "GO!". What an experience... We saw the movie "Gunday". Though I didn't understand the text (it is in Hindi without subtitles), we understood the story. It was a combination of action, emotion and -of course- dance. The cinema itself is very beautiful. There were quite some differences with European cinemas, for example there was no publicity before the movie. There was also more noise caused by the Indians who watched the movie. For example, people just stayed in the cinema hall when talking with their mobile phone.
Afterwards we went to the Mc Donalds next to the cinema for a "Chicken Maharaja Mac".
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