The poor elephants having to trek up and down the hill

Jaipur - the Pink City

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December 28th 2006
Arrived in Jaipur with mum - crazy traffic, hectic and dirty, like Delhi, but somehow with more charm and buzzing with energy. All the buildings are painted dusty pink, hence its name of the Pink City. Its an exciting place but has the highest rate of homeless people in all of India and it's very shocking to see the poverty here. Again - think mum was quite scared! Still can't get over the am ... 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