Day ???, we're in Jaipur at a 3 star hotel, it's actually very nice, lots of other travellers so it's fun to watch them all try to navigate how to order food with the hotel waiters...
Where to start...we went to the Taj Mahal on Oct 5 (whatever the Saturday was). I can't even describe what it was like. Typically when I go to a famous landmark, the novelty wears off after a while, but this place was just beyond words. The inside of the tomb is actually quite modest, but the outside, the pictures I've seen a million times is something that I'm so grateful to have experienced. Claire and I could have spent the entireday there, but since it was mid afternoon and Hunny was getting dehydrated, we took the last of our 500 photographs and left. Oh, and it was great, because apparently I'm and "indian":...all the tourist attractions charge different prices for foreigners and Indians...indians being dirt cheap and foreigners being borderline goughing...so I ended up paying 50 cents to see the Taj, while Claire had to pay $20! Insanity. All i had to do was not speak (alhtough my Russell Peters accent is getting better by the day!).
We are in Jaipur right now, which is known as the Pink City...shopping is fun, as everything can be bargained down by at least 70% (UGH!). We were at Ranthambore National Park yesterday, on a wildlife safari, although we didn't see any tigers, the scenery and weather were absolutely perfect. Tomorrow is more tim in Jaipur until we head to Bikaner and then Jaisalmer (camel safari and sleeping in a hut (eeek!)). OH! and we went to this place called Chownki Dhani and I rode an Elephant. I named him Stampy. I loved him.
Oh and I had the best Dosa of my life in Delhi on Sunday. And we went to this very famous Gurudwara. Claire calls our travel agent Mr. Shawarma instaed of Mr. Sharma. I went to a templ today and had the red bindi smeared all over my face after I itched my forehead. I think I walked around like that for 5 minutes before I found out.
Many stories, all out of chronological order, but you get the jist. :)
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