11.22.2012

Day 3 - Jaipur


Today, our group woke up early and headed to the Amber Fort, just a few miles outside of Jaipur. There, we waited patiently in line to ride elephants. Everyone rode elephants up the winding road to the fort. Once inside, we took a tour of the beautiful structure led by our guide C.V. The fort was incredibly fascinating due to its design. It had what seemed like hundreds of passageways, stairways, and hallways. We spent an hour exploring these spaces. After our journey throughout the fort, we took jeeps back down to the tour bus and headed back to Jaipur. In Jaipur, we visited the City Palace Museum and the Jantar Mantar. The Jantar Mantar had different historical artifacts that allowed older generations to track the sun and stars. We then maneuvered through the hectic streets of Jaipur. We dodged traffic as we took pictures of the daily lives of the locals. 

Mark

5 comments:

  1. Three cheers for elephants!

    David Plotkin

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  2. Wow what a busy and fun packed day…can't wait to see the photo's…Happy Thanksgiving to you all…Safe travels to Kerala x

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  3. Elephants!! I am sure you have some great pictures of that. Can't wait to see them.
    Happy thanksgiving to all of you. Missing you here in Portland and wishing you a great journey south.
    Merrill

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  4. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  5. Nice post mark. Was the locals an inside joke. Did you have turkey curry for thanksgiving? Hope you are having a life enriching experience.

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