Yesterday some of the other language students and I visited the original city of Jaipur. You can see in the pictures why it was called the Pink City. We first went to see the City Palace (the pink one), then we saw the Jal Mahal (the palace on the lake). On the way home, my rickshawalla got lost, so in addition to testing my elementary knowledge of giving directions in Hindi, I took lots of pictures of other random buildings and places. Enjoy.
If you want to see the pictures in more detail and/or view them as a slideshow, just click on one.
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- Ganesh at City Palace
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- City Palace
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- City Palace
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- A terrace from which either royals and/or women could look out at the courtyard at City Palace
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- I thought these trees were fake when depicted in medieval South Asian art, but I guess I was wrong!
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- City Palace
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- There were lots of random cows walking around the streets in old Jaipur
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- Our auto rickshaw driver told us that this was one of the maharaja’s palaces and directly across from it used to be the maharani’s palace.
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- Jal Mahal
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- Jal Mahal
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- Jaipur City
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- Shops in Jaipur City
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- One of the main gates leading into the old city.
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- View of Albert Hall and its surrounding gardens
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- Albert Hall — Jaipur edition!
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- Albert Hall
Very nice!
I’m viewing for the first time all your adventures…have fun, you’re in our prayers. Love Aunt Deb and Uncle Tim