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monday 6th october - day 45
jaipur
Yas is sick so opts to stay in for the day today. Me, syd and erin head to nibs cafe Chocolataria for breakfast which doesnt dissapoint. Eggs and caramel coffe to start, we then all share a huge plate of chocolate and banana waffles to finish. After a few hours of gorging and pouring over the menu we take a rik to amer fort. Our rik driver is a guy called gopal and he offers to drive us about for the day - for whatever we think is a fair price! The girls stop by the post office on the way to post some presents.home but its a holiday so the guy who packages the items isnt in - I agree to post it for them tomorrow.
Its a fair drive to amer fort and we pas the jal mahal (water palace) set in the middle of a lake. During the monsoon, water fills the Man sagar lake and the palace 'appears to rise from it like a mirage'.
Amer fort is set high into the hillside and is protected by Jaigarh fort. At the base of Amer is a large lake and on the opposite side of the lake and fort sprawls a town flanked by steep hills. There is also a protective wall which is similar to that of the great wall of china which runs along the ridges of the hils.
The fort was built in 1772 when the capital moved to jaipur. We walk up into the entrance of the fort and attract quite abit of attention from the locals - we are followed around and hounded for photographs. One guy puts his hand on sydney during one photo, and a guard comes over and gives him a whack! Theres also a school trip and we end up havong countless photos with the kids and teachers - a million 5 fives and handshakes later we manage to finish off looking around the fort. The jas mandir is particularly impressive - with latticed windows, cream and gold floral ceiling and walls and glass inlays. The Ganesh pol is a brightly painted 3 storyed gateway and is equally as stunning. The views are also great from the fortm and we spend a while exploring the fort before heading back to gopal.
Next stop is some shopping and we go to a few saree and jewellery shops. Most intresting though is a guy we meet outside one of the shops who claims to be medium. He immediately tells syd to stop eating wheat and dairy - shes a celiac! He reads us for free and gets each of us spot on. Weird!
The girls have to leave tonight so we order takeaway at the hostel and say our goodbyes :( agreeing to skype each other on sundays wearing our sarees.
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