We left Agra and the Taj behind for the great food, crafts, and desert of Rajasthan; first stop Jaipur (the Pink City). We arrived in the evening to a very nice suburb and our little swiss cottage on the side of a nice hotel which was a really fun room. We got some sleep as we had both come down with colds and awoke the next day to a very unexpected city. It was very organized, which is something you don't really find here. There were street lights, sidewalks, and the roads were straight and wide. It was also a lot busier and louder and dustier than we expected.
We spent a day seeing the sights which were incredible, and got a nice room for the next 2 nights and spent Christmas eve with a dutch couple, an Aussie lady, and a Kiwi couple having dinner and drinks. Christmas day we both missed home and Turkey dinner so we had to settle for the next best thing...McDonalds of course! The McMaharaja Mac, was delicious and it was surprisingly nice to have a familiar taste of home. Jaipur also has the best shopping in India so far and we (Jess) definitely took advantage
We also had a few tough days in Jaipur, getting ripped off and having our onward train being canceled, there was an afternoon spent at the train stations I don't think either of us wants to remember but I suppose that is part of traveling.
Having figured out our next leg, we packed up and rushed out of Jaipur to one of the places we were both excited for, Jaisalmer.
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| Christmas feast! |
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| Amber Fort |
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| Ian at the floating Palace |
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| Christmas Dinner with new Friends |
Nice blog! Also thanks for posting the last picture.
ReplyDeleteOfcourse, Jessy and I also got pictures of you and Jessica which we will share on Facebook / mail.
Have fun while we are already at home/work!
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