Our driver
picked us up at 10 and we headed up to the Amber Fort. This fort was built at
the end of the 1500 and is surrounded by a wall just like the Wall of China. It
overlooks a lake, where some of the gardens are (see picture below). The
buildings were pretty impressive; one of them had so many mirrors that it would
have been really neat to see when the place was light up by candles and oil
lamps many years ago. The art work sculpted in the marble all over the place is
very impressive. We were told that one
the maharaja had 3 wives and 300 concubines. Must have been the life of the
rich before cable TV!!
After that,
we went shopping for a bit. We saw carpet makers, marble sculptors and
jewellery makers. The work they do is quite amazing, as they do it by hand the
same way it’s been done for ages. From there, we went up to the highest point
of the city, inside another Fort, the Nahargarh Fort. The view of the city and
the area, from the outside restaurant was breathtaking. The tables were set up on what used to be the top of the guard towers. It was a nice way to finish our first trip to India.
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| Amber Fort |
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| Part of the Fort |
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| A view of the wall surrounding the Fort |
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| The Palace inside the Fort |
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| The wall |
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| Decorations on the wall |
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| All made by hand! |
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| The gardens |
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| The mirror ceiling |
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| Coming up to the Fort by elephant |
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| Another garden, on the lake |
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| This one is "in" the lake! |
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| Vendors along the street |
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| View from therestaurant which is at the highest point in Jaipur |
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| The table next to ours - we had pretty much the same thing but had a small wall all around |
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| Life is tough! |
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| It's a pull tab |
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| Parts of Jaipur, from above! |
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