Day 9. Jaipur is known for its Amber Fort, a huge, pinkish-yellow castle rebuilt by the Maharajas of the 16th century. We ride up the steep slopes by elephant — they are magnificent, so majestic yet timid-looking with their long lashes, beautifully painted from forehead to trunk. I feel absolutely like a queen on theContinue reading “Sketches from India: Part 2 – Jaipur, Jodphur, Pushkar, Agra, Varanassi”
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Sketches from India: Part I — Delhi, Amritsar, Dharamshala, Rishikech
Day 1. Arrival in Delhi. The sweltering, relentless, scornful heat envelops us. The streets are full of skinny, dark men pulling carts piled with sacks, honking horns on their rickshaws, sprawled out taking naps on the ground under trees. The transition from life in the occidental world, where traffic bears some resemblance of order andContinue reading “Sketches from India: Part I — Delhi, Amritsar, Dharamshala, Rishikech”
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