Northern India (long lost family pt 5)

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January 22nd 2009

Published: February 8th 2009

After a mammoth 12 hour flight we touched down in Mumbai, a little worse for wear and with no idea of what time of day it should have been. I wasted no time at all in using my broken 'punjab-lish' to organise us a taxi to our hotel on the outskirts of Mumbai. The city (or what we saw of it at least) was as we'd expected; noisy, smog-filled, crowded and filthy. Immense shanty towns of make-shift s... Read Full Entry

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Spring in her step

The doorway that represents sprintime- Pink Palace, Jaipur

Steps of time

A gargantuan working sundial within the astrological grounds of Jaipur's Jantir Mandir

Peeping Patels

The Hawa Mahal in Jaipur- built with hundreds of viewing windows so that the ladies of the era could watch steet processions below from an acceptable distance

Pearly queen

Detail of the interior of our guesthouse in Jaipur- the finely decorated 'Pearl Palace'

Zig zagging toward the Tiger

Taking the steep 20 min trek up to Tiger Fort, Jaipur

Jaipur from afar

Looking down on the city from the Tiger Fort

Vistas from the Tiger

More views from our lofty perch at the abandoned Tiger Fort

Kelly through the peeping window

Looking through one of the Hawa Mahal's many windows

At the top of her game

Kelly strikes a pose at the highest point of Jaipur's Hawa Mahal

Inn Seventh Heaven

Within the walls of the stunning converted Havelli hotel in Pushkar

Swing out sister

Kelly perched on one of the ornate swinging chairs within 'Inn Seventh Heaven,' Pushkar

Cow-ard!

A fellow bovine looks on as Kelly is assaulted by a cow while out shopping in Pushkar's main bazaar (note- look for the hoof of the culprit immediately behind her)

Market mayhem

One of Pushkar's veg markets- as seen from above

Pushkar perfect

Sun sets over the sacred lake in Pushkar

Lake-side ghats

In Pushkar

8th February 2009

Vero
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So good!!!!
I am glad for you guys! it's sounds that you having a good time over there ;) That's great that you are seeing your familly too! Big thanks to share your adventure by your blog, it's really well done! Keep going and all the best :) See ya ! xx

4th March 2009

Inderpreet
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Great!
Great Blog! When I was reading you blog, It was like I m also present there...hahaha...So what's the total number of cousin's you met in India. Do you remember their names?.. You enjoyed every bit of it! Best of luck for future trip and keep writing...

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