Amber Fort

Jaipur - Pushkar

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December 25th 2011
Christmas Day in the car! We visited the Amber Fort in Jaipur which was amazing. Such a huge imposing structure, it looked like the Great Wall of China rolling over the adjacent hills. The Water Palace was also beautiful along with the Palace of the Winds (literally a facade). We arrived in Pushkar, a very holy city for Hindus, up there in importance with Varanasi. It was really nice and ... 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