Thursday, 28 February 2019

Day 20 - Thursday 28 February

Jaipur - Day 2

 
We started the day by driving into the Old (Pink) City, through one of the nine gates, with our guide, Krishan.


Our first stop was at Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawa_Mahal 

Di's new friend 


passing a wedding parade 

We then drove 15 kilometres north to the magnificent Amer Fort - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amer_Fort .


up to the Fort in a Jeep 


Jaigarh Fort 

the elephants arriving 











two Billies 

On our return to Jaipur, we stopped at Man Sagar Lake to view Jal Mahal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jal_Mahal .




the back of Hawa Mahal 

Our next stop was at the interesting Jantar Mantar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar,_Jaipur .




We then walked to the grand City Palace - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Palace,_Jaipur .




 learning to operate a loom









Krishan providing some more history lessons



We then drove to a textile warehouse for Di & Lynaire to review.


Sawaii Man Singh 

Albert Hall Museum

We then went for a nice Indian dinner at the Golden Peacock - http://www.goldenpeacockjaipur.com/ 



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