The Palace

Jaipur

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August 16th 2008
We spent the day in Jaipur, the capitol of Rajasthan. We've seen some fairly impressive things here. Upon arrival last night we ate at the OM Restaurant, a revolving restaurant (like the Space Needle, but it seemed more exotic because we are in India). It was the nicest restaurant we've eaten at in the last 11 weeks and we almost forgot how to act in such a place. I realized half way through my me ... 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