Jaipur (Rajasthan)
This could have easily been a fascinating place to relax, similar to Hoi An (1, 2), if it wouldn’t be for the omnipresent trash, stinking streets, beggars and homeless people.
The so-called City Palace is a compound built in the XVIII century and used until 1949 as a residence for the Jaipur Maharajahs. We could see several rooms, a collection of arms and one of costumes. One unusual building is the Hawa Mahal, a building that hosted mainly women. It had small windows so that the women could see outside while not being seen back.
Last two pictures show Jantal Mantal, a collection of 14 astronomical instruments built in the XVIII century of stone. They show the time, phase of moon, predict eclipses and so on. I was able to understand how two of them work 🙂
2 Comments
Hello guys,
this is fantastic – I found aout about your adventure from my buddy Calin Militaru(MilitaCATthedominionDOTca) in Canada. Just curious, How come you guys are not travelling to Bangalore, mysore in the south ?? You should consider doing that – India is a diverse country and it might give you a different perspective on some of the things that you have experienced so far.. way to go and Good luck with your future trips..
cheers
madhu
Thanks for the suggestion. We might do that as well sometimes in the future, as we also missed most of Punjab, Gujarat etc. Our time is limited right now and also our strength has some limitation. That’s why we can’t really go everywhere in one trip. Cheers, Radu