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Published: March 7th 2010
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It's 2AM. I woke up and thought I would do a little blogging since the one computer in the hotel seems to be being used much of the time.
Started the day with a large breakfast at Hotel Connaught in Delhi. Then started our trip to Jaipur in Rajastan. We stopped at the World War 1 memorial and Parliment / Embassy buildings on the way. Then the long trip on a 4 lane toll road to Jaipur began. Toll road finished 4 yrs ago, mostly truck traffic. Many interesting scenes of rural Indian life as we passed by small villages with cows roaming where ever they wanted to.
We checked into the Hotel Paridise on the outskirts of Jaipur about 4. Very nice hotel with large rooms and swimming pool on roof. We will be here for 2 nights. Then we went into town. Jaipur is a fairly wealthy City. We stopped to see the Prince Albert guest house. Then went to a very impressive, relatively new marble Vishnu temple built in 1980s by a wealthy buisness man. Then we went into the old part of town and visited an 18th century temple. Finished off the evening at a
very nice Indian restaurant were we had an array of delicious dishes along with music and a dancing boy. Manie, our Indian tour guide, had much to say about the temples, deities, the Indian culture and traditions.
They didn't allow photos inside the Vishnu temple but it was very impressive. I did take some very interesting photos inside old Jaipur temple and at dinner but it now appears that I somehow switched my camera to video mode for these and they are too large to upload now. sorry... you missed a great photo of a fire ceremony and fellow Australian traveller dancing with the dancing boy ... along with turban.
Eating very well and having a great time.
Tomorrow we see more of Jaipur.
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Linda Gauvin
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You and the birds
Hey, what a busy schedule. Nice to see that smile on your face with all the birds (pigeons). I talked to my Indian friend at work tonight and told her about your trip so far. She smiled and also told me about the Delhi traffic. It's nice to see you in the pics. Make sure you have more of those in your blog. Having you in the pics makes it seem more real. Have a blast. Enjoy!