Today is August 13th, and I have been in India for two full days. A lot has already been happening, and even more to come. The past few nights sleeping have been quite difficult, I have been waking up exatly at 4:00 am India time. The time difference is 9.5 hours ahead, and the jet lag has been intense. Nothing I cannot handle!
We met up with Gauri's friend Anuradha, and she will be traveling with us to Jaipur today, which is the capital of Rajasthan. Jaipur is nicknamed "The Pink City." Downtown Jaipur's streets are lined with very deep pink color buildings. This is from the clay/stucco mixture that was used to build them, and the reason for the nickname.
We took an airline called "Spicejet" from Pune to Jaipur. Upon arrival, our driver met up with us, he would be responsible for taking us to Pushkar, Ajmer, and Jaipur during our visit. Our first night we will be going to Pushkar, which is about 2 hours, but will take us 3 hours because of the back roads. Before leaving Jairpur we managed to see a couple of Palaces.
We met up with Gauri's friend Anuradha, and she will be traveling with us to Jaipur today, which is the capital of Rajasthan. Jaipur is nicknamed "The Pink City." Downtown Jaipur's streets are lined with very deep pink color buildings. This is from the clay/stucco mixture that was used to build them, and the reason for the nickname.
We took an airline called "Spicejet" from Pune to Jaipur. Upon arrival, our driver met up with us, he would be responsible for taking us to Pushkar, Ajmer, and Jaipur during our visit. Our first night we will be going to Pushkar, which is about 2 hours, but will take us 3 hours because of the back roads. Before leaving Jairpur we managed to see a couple of Palaces.
Hawa Mahal
City Palace
We arrived in Pushkar around 9 pm. While in Pushkar we are staying at the Pushkar Palace (http://www.hotelpushkarpalace.com/pp.htm). I would highly recommend this to anyone who finds themselves here. It was a friendly/beautiful place. After we checked in they gave us all rose lei's, and showed us to our rooms. This 3 minute journey was the funniest thing - they insisted on carrying my bags, so it was the awkward reaching back and fourth many times until the doorman actually had my bag. We all followed our bags, each with another employee. After arriving to our rooms, they walk in with you and turn on the AC, and then adjust your sheets and pillows. It was amusing watching and wondering what was going to happen next. We spoke very little to each other, and he flipped a couple more switches, I gave him a tip (10 rupes - about 20 cents) and the friendship was over.
In the morning we woke, and walked around for a few hours. They had the most awesome patch work, quilts, and fabric in this area (Better than any other area we would go to).
While in Rajasthan (The Desert Region of India) it rained every day, this was to be expected as we were there during the Monsoon season. But the streets would turn into mini streams, just washing everything from the road down to the lowest point. Included in this stream was sandals, clothes, sticks, random plastic pieces, a lot of garbage, and some animal feces. They say in India to always make sure you to look down when you walk - This is so true!
Below are some pictures from the Pushkar Palace.
In the morning we woke, and walked around for a few hours. They had the most awesome patch work, quilts, and fabric in this area (Better than any other area we would go to).
While in Rajasthan (The Desert Region of India) it rained every day, this was to be expected as we were there during the Monsoon season. But the streets would turn into mini streams, just washing everything from the road down to the lowest point. Included in this stream was sandals, clothes, sticks, random plastic pieces, a lot of garbage, and some animal feces. They say in India to always make sure you to look down when you walk - This is so true!
Below are some pictures from the Pushkar Palace.