We left at 9am, several people feeling ill from dinner the night before. I was fine,not having had dinner, and could have a huge plate of scrambled egg. The bus went straight back to Delhi, stopping only at a terrible place for lunch. The service was geologically slow. My chocolate milkshake was watered down, and [...]
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Back to Delhi
Posted by dkendon on August 28, 2011
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Jaipur Day 2
We left at 7.30 to go to the Amber Fort. If you want you can climb to the fort on an elephant for R900. Inside the fort is full of hawkers. They don’t understand that we don’t want their wares because they’re awful, not because they’re too expensive. I don’t want one pen with mirrors [...]
Posted by dkendon on August 28, 2011
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Jaipur
We left our hotel about 9. I was feeling better, but still not up to breakfast. Gastroenteritis is a handy way to save money. On the way to Jaipur we stopped at a step well. The unadorned columns are earlier Hindu architecture, and the decorated ones are later Persian-inspired Mughal work. Although all the Gap [...]
Posted by dkendon on August 28, 2011
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Agra to Abhaneri
After I had managed to use all the toilet apaper we left for Fatepur Sikri. The apostrophe is in the right place – there were3 queens – a Christian, a Hindu, and a Muslim. At this point our guide noted the people on ‘hidden dates’ – Indian people go [...]
Posted by dkendon on August 28, 2011
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Agra and the Taj Mahal
We were up at 5.15 to get to the Taj before the crowds. If you do go don’t bring a large bag, or cigarettes, or lighters, because you will hold EVERYONE up at security. (This means YOU, Italian tour group.) The entry for foreigners is R750, but this was included in our tour fee. It [...]
Posted by dkendon on August 28, 2011
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