Honeymoon Edition: Jaipur

Well after a couple of days trying to update this blog with some more stories and pictures, we're finally back! With the tour we've been on it's been a challenge to get to an internet cafe. Our days are booked pretty heavily, so carving out time has been tough. In addition to that, finding a computer capable of uploading pictures has been an even more challenging prospect. As of this moment, we're awaiting our farewell group dinner at the DoubleTree hotel outside of Delhi, and we have such a capable computer! So without further ado, a photo collage!

Our first day in Delhi, at the hotel, ready to explore!

Outside the Jamma Mosque in Delhi. The weather was not cooperative, especially barefoot!

At the Gandhi memorial site in Delhi

Taj Mahal, of course!

The Taj from Agra Fort

Our first Tuk Tuk ride

The hotel in Agra surprised us with a wedding cake. Very nice!

Fatehpur Sikri, an abandoned former capital under Moghul Emperor Akbar ("It's a trap!")

Our tour was choc full of characters. This was Ricky. Later he sported a turban with the same outfit.

Hawa Mahal viewing facade for Muslim women in Jaipur

View from the top of an elephant. We rode him up a long ramp to the top of the Amber Fort in Jaipur.

There were a lot of other elephants as well. It was about a 15 minute ride.

Diwan-i-Am in Amber Fort. It's the Hall of Public Assembly. Becca learned the name the quickest so the tour guide told her she passed the India test so she can leave.

Mirrored "Pleasure Room"

Beautifully taken picture of the Amber Fort

Procession of elephants up to the Fort, with the city of Jaipur in the background

Monkeys!

Water Palace in Jaipur

Our favorite chai stand outside the hotel in Jaipur. We had chai with our driver and his assistant a couple of times, as well as with the owner of the stand (in the middle), who was happy to offer us Indian smokes and English newspapers while serving us tea in his finest cups.

We'll be heading to our hotel in Delhi soon, then catching a flight to Mumbai tomorrow morning. From there we'll go to Goa. Hopefully we won't go so long without another update, but it's hard to tell around here what will happen next. Until then, Namaste!