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Our visit to
Jaipur involved the by now standard long, careening, honking drive to
get to the city, followed by a well organized and exciting tour. Jaipur, located southwest of Delhi, in Rajasthan, is the home of the Maharaja of Rajasthan, a now ceremonial role. Jaipur is known as the Pink City because of the color of its buildings as shown below. For more complete details for visiting Jaipur, go to http://www.jaipur-india.com/ |
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Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Winds. This is a one room deep structure to allow women of the harem to see the street while remaining covered. |
Detail
of the Hawa Mahal. Each women would get a single window to watch the crowd before heading back to the harem. |
 Preferred (?)
method of riding up to Amer Fort - a once in a lifetime
experience - in other words, after the rocking and rolling of this ride, no future elephant rides are necessary |
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| Indians visiting Amer Fort | Interior
hall at Amer Fort |
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| Sundial
built 350 years ago and accurate to within 2 seconds |
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| Entrance
to City Palace the city home of the Maharaja |
Interior of City Palace | People of Jaipur | ||||
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