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Arrived in Jaipur 4 days ago and spent a day sightseeing. We visited the Monkey Temple, the old city, and this crazy observatory place called Jantar Mantar which was built in the 16th century and is a load of giant sun dials and celestial spheres. (we wern't sure what they were either!)
Have spent some time just chilling out in the hotel garden after a hectic week getting from place to place. The train journey here in 2nd class was definately a very crowded (and 4 hr delay) experience!! Our hotel here, the Jaipur Inn is really nice, we even had a T.V and were able to watch English Premier League football!!!!
We've been to a place called the Chocki Dani which is like a model Rajastani village and there is loads of entertainment like traditional dancers and camel and elephant rides! We went on a camel and nearly fell off!
Yesterday we went to Ranthambore National Park and stayed the night there so we could get up at 5.30 am to go on safari at 7. It was brilliant and we saw loads of animals but the nicest thing was just being somewhere quiet with fresh air!! We followed some tiger footprints but unfortunately didn't see an actual tiger but it was still lots of fun!
We have really enjoyed Jaipur as it is a big city but it isn't as crowded and full of traffic like Delhi. Our next stop is Pushkar which is small holy city on a lake.
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