Downtime in Jaipur

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My throat had showed little improvement from yesterday so today was designated an admin day. The India Railway website was running at a crawl, so I was unable to figure out the best train from Delhi to Amritsar, but I did get the name and the number of the train I want from Jaipur to Delhi. It's another early start - 5AM - but still preferable to an overnighter.

At the station, I had to queue at the Foreigners, Handicapped, Freedom Fighters, Senior Citizens, Journalists, and MPs/MLAs counter. There were representatives of at least 3 of those categories in the queue.

Lunch was taken at the hotel. Due to there only being one Indian dish on the menu (the veg thali I had last night), for variety's sake I picked out a cheese penne from the Italian section. On returning to my room, I found out another good thing about this hotel - while I was at the station, they had cleaned my room and provided me with a fresh toilet roll (though an Indian toilet roll only has about 20 sheets on it, which I can almost get through just by blowing my nose in the morning).

Slept in the afternoon then had a cheese and tomato sandwich for dinner. When you are ill, the mysterious and exotic East can seem a million miles away, even when it is right outside your door.

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Photos

My room at the Hotel Atithi
The best yet, with a large part of that award due to the steaming shower