Jaipur
Today we took the bus from Agra to Jaipur. This was the 'state' bus service and although it was a little tatty the run was very good - and the roads are a lot safer during the day. The bus advertised that it was A/C but the actually meant you just open the windows!.
Travelling out of Agra we passed over the plains of Utter Pradesh and into Rajestan however it wasn't until the last couple of miles that we started to climb up to Jaipur. It definitely feels cooler up here.
We checked into a Guesthouse which is really good - its a bit out of the town centre so is quiet which is nice and a good Internet connection so I'm trying to upload a load of photos as I type this!
After lunch at a nice restaurant in town we took cyclo-rickshaws into 'the Pink City' - this is the oldest part of the town and is quite literally all painted a dirty pink colour. It is massive, an endless maze of shops selling everything under the sun and more, major thoroughfares cross through it but there are hundreds of mall lanes and alleys which are teaming with people. Not been a shopaholic, myself and Jared wandered the streets just taking in the sights. Down one small lane we found a small opening in a wall through it sat on the floor were 3 or 4 men bent over tiny grinding wheels where they were shaping semi-precious stones for I assume wholesaling to jewelers. When they tried to flog us a small speck of what looked like a blue pebble for 1000Rs. we decided it was best not to take photos and left. Eventually we made our way back to the point where we had been dropped off so we decided to take an Auto-rickshaw back to hotel. This took nearly 30 Min's and was deafening with every man and his dog super glued to their flipping horns!
Travelling out of Agra we passed over the plains of Utter Pradesh and into Rajestan however it wasn't until the last couple of miles that we started to climb up to Jaipur. It definitely feels cooler up here.
We checked into a Guesthouse which is really good - its a bit out of the town centre so is quiet which is nice and a good Internet connection so I'm trying to upload a load of photos as I type this!
After lunch at a nice restaurant in town we took cyclo-rickshaws into 'the Pink City' - this is the oldest part of the town and is quite literally all painted a dirty pink colour. It is massive, an endless maze of shops selling everything under the sun and more, major thoroughfares cross through it but there are hundreds of mall lanes and alleys which are teaming with people. Not been a shopaholic, myself and Jared wandered the streets just taking in the sights. Down one small lane we found a small opening in a wall through it sat on the floor were 3 or 4 men bent over tiny grinding wheels where they were shaping semi-precious stones for I assume wholesaling to jewelers. When they tried to flog us a small speck of what looked like a blue pebble for 1000Rs. we decided it was best not to take photos and left. Eventually we made our way back to the point where we had been dropped off so we decided to take an Auto-rickshaw back to hotel. This took nearly 30 Min's and was deafening with every man and his dog super glued to their flipping horns!
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