Jaipur

We saw most of the Jaipur sites on our first day whilst we still had our driver. Was a huge day so will let the pictures do the talking.

Amber Fort - Huge fort, yes another one. Houses the world's biggiest cannon on wheels. Apparently it takes a 100kg of gunpowder to shoot a distance of 35km. It was tested and apparently, because they were nice to their neighbours iot wasn't used in practice. Dean and I were both suspicious of how effective it could be....

Nahargarh (or Tiger Fort) - views of Jaipur and pretty interior paintings, but beware, monkeys have taken over some rooms. Made Dean and I a little wary. Last thing we wanted was to be attacked by a monkey!

The Hawa Mahal is several stories high and was apparently built so that women - who had to be covered or stay inside thier homes - could watch an event in hte street. OR, it was a building dedicated to Hari Krishna, depends what you read.

The Pink Palace and the surrounding Pink city is pink because they apply a rose-water wash to the buildings.

Jantar Mantar observatory - many sun-dials to let us know the time to the second, the alignment of the star signs (this also helps to tell us which are the lucky days to get married), and also to tell us if particular spirits are in the northern or southern hemisphere.

Afterall this touring, Dean and I decided to take a day off. We spent our second day in Jaipur sleeping in, watching a bollywood movie and shopping. The shopping was great fun. We headed to the bazaars and bargained and soaked in Jaipur.