The city of Jaipur is the capital of Rajastan, home to 2 million residents it is also know as the pink city. Here in India pink is a symbol of hospitality, in 1876 the whole city was painted this color to welcome The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII). Its a tradition that's stayed and many of the city's buildings are still pink.
During the Mogul times of forts sprung up in every province and from we've seen they certainly knew how to build a good fort. Perched high upon the hill above the city is the Amer Fort. Its in pretty good condition seeing as it was built in 1592, there is quite a bit of restoration work going on, using traditional methods and materials.
After a couple of hours at the fort we once again assured our driver that we didn't want to look at any carpets and arrived at our next home stay. This one belonged to the MP for Jaipur who I think is married to a member of the Royal Family. The house was full of hunting trophies including a full size tiger. Our room was home to the head of a cheetah, this made for a good prank when Shelley was in the shower. Managing to unhook the head from the wall, I then crawled across the floor into the bathroom with the cheetah head poking round the door. After the beating I got I still thought it was pretty funny. This really didn't help Shelley's perspective that the room was haunted.
Highlights: The Amer Fort
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