To the land of pink

After three wonderful days in hyderabad we set off to jaipur better known as 'the pink city.'if hyderabad's climate was hot then jaipur would have been fire but since our trip coincided with the winter the climate in jaipur was wonderful: slightly warm in the mornings , breezy in the evenings and cold at night. like the desert which takes in heat all through the day and vents out all the caught up heat in the night, jaipur has taken in all that various cultures has given to it and has portrayed all of them faithfully in its environs. jaipur is a quiet place and not such a well thronged tourist destination but the roads are wide and clean and the people are friendly. after the immensely tight security in hyderabad you feel like a convict out of prison in jaipur...infact i wondered how easy it would be to target this city as there was little or practically no security. most monuments did not have metal detectors and in those that had them, they werent in working condition. you could take anything with you inside as long as you had a ticket ( which costs only a negligible amount) and no one checked your person for hidden threats. as if to prove my intuitions right six months later a series of blasts rocked the beautiful city and most of them took place in areas where we visited just the last winter.





the city does full justice to its name 'the pink city' because pink is the prominent colour the city is done in.jaipur is a very colourful place with costumes in bright hues fitted with mirrors and a lot of ornaments to go with it.the old city lies inside a fort wall and the entire old city is in pink.the buildings, though having passed quite a lot of hands, have still retained their old look as the authorities do not allow any modfications. so here we can see a raymond showroom in a pretty non descreipt pink building which is the only place in the world where we can do so. bright clothes adorned with mirror work flash and make playful patterns on vehicles that pass by.



Not to be missed : choki dhani

hawa mahal

jantar mantar

amber palace

tiger fort

jaigarh fort

national history museum

jal mahal

camel ride

authentic jaipuri food