Jaipur

Well, after Mumbai I want to Jaipur for a few days

before heading to Agra. Jaipur is part of the Rajput kingdom,

and has much Rajastani architecture that's extremely impressive.

Primarily Hindu, there is some Mughal influence. So below are links

to some of my albums and pictures. Btw, I stayed at this wonderful

place called Jas Vilas which was really a very beautiful hotel

run by Mahendra Singh and his wife Lily.

By the way, if you want to see my whole album, just go to my

spot on google. That should show you my Picassa web pages albums.

Anyway, first was the City Palace, for my first day:

From City Palace, Jaipur

They have here some of the largest silver items in existance,

built by a Maharajah who was a devout hindu, and brought

2 giant silver jars filled with water from the Ganges for daily

bathing when he traveled once to England:

From City Palace, Jaipur

The second day had trips to the amazing Amber Palace

just outside of Jaipur, the Water Palace, and the Monkey

Palace:

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

From Jaipur

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

And I have to add at least one of the Water Palace:

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

And finally a couple of photos of the Monkey Palace, a temple

at the top of a big hill, so named because of all the monkeys there:

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

From Jaipur Second Day, Mughal Tombs, Amber Palace and Monkey Palace

From Jaipur onto Agra and the Taj!