Of all of the forts that we have seen in Rajasthani, the Amber fort towers above them all.
After a delightful buffet breakfast in our hotel, we tried to arrange transportation for the day. Ola did not have any cars available and neither did Uber. Turns out that there are an extra 1.6 million people in town this weekend for some big government testing. We ended up renting a cab for the full day. It wasn't cheap but it took the guess-work and waiting out of the equation.
We were led around the Amber Fort by a guide whose ancestors were the former priests to the King in the fort. All the locals wai'ed his as he passed. He also had an odd tic of repeating every sentence twice. The Amber Fort was beautiful and interesting. Temples with silver doors and coral sculptures, Old palace, new palace, summer palace, Winter Palace, hall of mirrors, 12 wives in stables with secret passageways from the kings room, air cooling systems, bats, ramps, steam bath system, etc.
In the evening, we battled the crowds to walk to a nearby restaurant. The people, noise, smells, and traffic were so dense that it was a scary experience. The police were shoving people along to get some kind of movement in the crowd.
My digestive tract is the traffic in Jaipur – congested, stop and go, barely moving, smelly; but not nearly as loud.
After a delightful buffet breakfast in our hotel, we tried to arrange transportation for the day. Ola did not have any cars available and neither did Uber. Turns out that there are an extra 1.6 million people in town this weekend for some big government testing. We ended up renting a cab for the full day. It wasn't cheap but it took the guess-work and waiting out of the equation.We were led around the Amber Fort by a guide whose ancestors were the former priests to the King in the fort. All the locals wai'ed his as he passed. He also had an odd tic of repeating every sentence twice. The Amber Fort was beautiful and interesting. Temples with silver doors and coral sculptures, Old palace, new palace, summer palace, Winter Palace, hall of mirrors, 12 wives in stables with secret passageways from the kings room, air cooling systems, bats, ramps, steam bath system, etc.
In the evening, we battled the crowds to walk to a nearby restaurant. The people, noise, smells, and traffic were so dense that it was a scary experience. The police were shoving people along to get some kind of movement in the crowd.
My digestive tract is the traffic in Jaipur – congested, stop and go, barely moving, smelly; but not nearly as loud.
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