Jaipur, India - November 16th and 17th, 2006

I travelled to Jaipur, Rajasthan's dusky and dirty pink capital. Hilltop forts and glorious palaces indicate its royal past. Camel carts thru the streets packed with motorbikes, rickshaws, sneeflying pigs, cows, and death looking people laying on the sidewalks, besides the death-defying pedestrians trying to cross the streets. Lots and lots of beggers young and old everywhere constantly asking for food and money.

I arrived at night so the picture was quite foggy, but in the morning I could see the partly terryfying street scene. I took a city tour in the afternoon to visit the Ambar Fort and Palace, the Observatory, Hawa and Jal Mahal (front view) and Laxminarwan Temple in the hills.