Hawa Mahal Outside

Hyper Jaipur

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July 13th 2006
After a long, exhausting and sweaty wait in Agra train station, which can best be described as a slum. We boarded our 3rd class AC carriage to Jaipur (5 hours away) we weren't expecting much but maybe not the hanging out the door or on the roof (local tickets) and were pleasantly surprised to find a carriage with AC so cold we had to put on sleeves and cover our legs and a sleeping bunk! Irish r ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more