Decorative Elephants carry tourists

The Pink City

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February 22nd 2010
The journey from Delhi to Jaipur was on fairly good roads, lots of brightly coloured trucks, pilgrims holding coloured flags walking to music, two injured stray dogs wandering the highways which was difficult to stomach, dodging drivers beeping continuously which indicates get out the way! This evening, we stayed in an ornate Haveli heritage hotel, which has been constructed from the chief's mans ... 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