Jaipur and the Amber Fort
Ok, by this time I was starting to feel a bit jaded about forts, but the Amber Fort, just outside of Jaipur (in the town of Amber, go figure) was AWESOME.
Jaipur is known as the "Pink City", because it's first ruler loved the red rocks of Agra, but couldn't afford to build his city with rocks from so far away...so he just had the whole thing painted. I would call it more of a terracotta color, but the Brits seemed to think it was pink, and thus the name. Other highlights of Jaipur include an amazing old astronomy observatory, a pretty nice museum, and the Wind Palace, which we only did a drive-by, but it seemed nice.
Jaipur 01-01-08
Jaipur is known as the "Pink City", because it's first ruler loved the red rocks of Agra, but couldn't afford to build his city with rocks from so far away...so he just had the whole thing painted. I would call it more of a terracotta color, but the Brits seemed to think it was pink, and thus the name. Other highlights of Jaipur include an amazing old astronomy observatory, a pretty nice museum, and the Wind Palace, which we only did a drive-by, but it seemed nice.
Jaipur 01-01-08