City Palace first with the kids

To Jaipur or not to Jaipur

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December 14th 2011
Coming from a town like Jodhpur we expected much the same in Jaipur; we soon found that this was not a town, but a city of over 4 million. However, our hotel, the Madhuban, an old colonial looking building, seemed nice, if a little impersonal. We soon found a very friendly tuk tuk driver, ‘Super Salim’ and next morning he took us to the City Palace with no arguments about the fare. The Palac ... 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