Jaipur
Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and its largest city. It is known as the Pink City for the lovely hue that many city buildings were painted in 1876 for the arrival of the Prince of Wales. The most famous building in the city is the Palace of the Winds or Hawal Mahal. The facade is beautiful.
Outside of Jaipur is the Amber Fort, which is dramatically situated atop a hill about 11 kms outside town. Here is the requisite picture of a snake charmer outside the fort as well as two lady workers inside.
On the way to Amber Fort we passed by this former lake palace. Unlike the beautiful one in Udaipur (photos upcoming), this one seems to be a lake palace lacking, well, a lake.
Back in town is the Jaipur City Palace, where the maharajah of Jaipur still lives. Here's a pic of some of the palace workers.
The girl in the middle isn't one of the workers there but was on our tour. If you want to buy a copy of her upcoming book (published in January), here's the link to Amazon. Maybe she'll give us some commission if we build up some of her sales volume. And if you're in Massachusetts, you can visit her studio on Quincy. She also has another book about popes, but I think this upcoming book might be a bit more exciting!
This photo from the city palace I like to call "life's little necessities".
And, of course, some more monkeys hanging out at the city palace.
Outside of Jaipur is the Amber Fort, which is dramatically situated atop a hill about 11 kms outside town. Here is the requisite picture of a snake charmer outside the fort as well as two lady workers inside.
On the way to Amber Fort we passed by this former lake palace. Unlike the beautiful one in Udaipur (photos upcoming), this one seems to be a lake palace lacking, well, a lake.
Back in town is the Jaipur City Palace, where the maharajah of Jaipur still lives. Here's a pic of some of the palace workers.
The girl in the middle isn't one of the workers there but was on our tour. If you want to buy a copy of her upcoming book (published in January), here's the link to Amazon. Maybe she'll give us some commission if we build up some of her sales volume. And if you're in Massachusetts, you can visit her studio on Quincy. She also has another book about popes, but I think this upcoming book might be a bit more exciting!
This photo from the city palace I like to call "life's little necessities".
And, of course, some more monkeys hanging out at the city palace.
posted by Kevin at 12/21/2006 09:57:00 AM
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