Not enough time in Jaipur

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  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Jaipur

We are now in Jaipur, not really much difference in temperature, it was just too hot to do much after we arrived, so it was find somewhere to get some grub and just catch up

We are in the Sunder Palace guest house (and this bloke knows how to charge for every little thing, hot water for coffee/tea, clean towel, internet access, A/C he don't miss a trick, I guess that’s why we are the only people here and 4 in a room)

This place has a restaurant on the roof, but its only veggie food and as I really couldn’t be bothered I asked them to surprise me with a local dish and of course, coffee

Did I get a surprise when my dinner was bought to me, it looked like something from a babies nappy (diaper) it is some kind of spinach and cheese thing, but as I was hungry, I ate it (it went through me like grass through a goose, so I won’t be eating it again) the dry bread tasted better

It was up this morning, early to see this Amber Fort; it seems to pretty much surround Jaipur, with the castle dominating the whole area

It was built by Raja Man Singh, Mirza Raja Jai Singh, and Sawai Jai Singh over 2 centuries, there is a mixture of Hindu and Muslim architecture, seems to be marble and sandstone

The place has lots of nooks, crannies, rooms everywhere, it is a complete maze, but it is beautifully preserved, it was everything the Red Fort in Delhi should have been

If you want you can either walk or get an elephant ride to the fort, not the main fort though, we walked up the path, it was pretty steep, but not hot enough yet for us to wish we had used the elephant (I have ridden them before, so it wasn’t anything missed)

We bought a big ticket that allows us to see other places as well, seemed a money saver, even though we aren’t here long enough to see much, just one whole day

It took us about 40 minutes to get to the Amber fort, it does look impressive even from a distance and even more so the closer we got

I was looking at it, this place must have been awful to assault, there is just no where to make a bridgehead and it is walls within walls, even with cannon (of the day) it would have been very costly in men, just think of the PBI trying to get up to this place, clad in a heavy woollen red coat, muzzle loading muskets and bayonets (even Arthur Wellesley would have had 2^nd thoughts about cracking this place)

But it would need a lot to defend it as well, even if they had a man every 10 yards, they would have needed thousands to man the walls, then in case of a siege, they would have to feed and water the inhabitants

It was only ever attacked once, and that failed, but all you ne3ed to do is look at the photos and you will see why, but this place is everything that a national treasure should be, bright, full of colour, information

I can’t describe it all; I just hope the photos do it justice

We then went on to Gaitor

This is a funeral ground for rulers and rajahs of Jaipur

The carvings and buildings are in a fantastic condition, but it seems there is very little information about it and people have forgotten it, but it’s really beautiful to see, the carving work and buildings are really good and the reliefs brilliant, but as there is no information all I could do was take photos, a real shame, I’d like to have known more about it

Still I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did just walking around taking them

We then had a quick look round the astronomical museum, it was just too hot to spend much more time out here

I found another Ambassador, but this was a real posh one, with the number plate 000 1 on it, lovely nick

when it cools down this evening, we are going to see the Wind Palace (I will do a sepearate entry for that, as the power has gone off now

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