To Jaipur
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 19 Apr 2019 22:57
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Ranthambore to
Jaipur
 Mob (our driver) picked us up at ten
thirty for the hop to Jaipur. Loved this lady soon after we set off.
  Not such a long
haul today, just a hundred and twenty miles. But, 2566 kilometres from Beez Neez or forty-five hours
in a car........
  We went from massive fields of newly cleared wheat growing to almost sand dunes.
   Below these huge shopping bags are hard working tractors, the last
of these three had people asleep on the
load.
 A nearly dry river
bed.
 The other side of the river was very arid.
  Loved this home
made truck.
 Not a bad
road.
  Donkeys
made a nice change and then an old
favourite.
 How many people
can you fit in a trailer behind a tractor ??? Lots.
   More shopping
bags.
 Are we in Morocco. Loads of camels out for a stroll.
  Nerves of
steel required to sit on the roof. Heavily laden trailer.
 One that got it
wrong.
 Did I mention thinking about being in
Morocco..... Palms and camels.
  Crossing the railway
line.
 A by-pass in build
for five years......
 Sandstone and marble
yard.
  On the outskirts of Jaipur Hanuman and then
Shiva.
  Local shops
and hill temples have become the norm.
   Hundred of
steps for the faithful, major tunnel takes us
to The Pink City proper.
   Wedding season continues apace – this groom nervously arrives atop a white pony. Central Park – the biggest in Jaipur, has a five kilometre jogging or walking track and also has a 206 feet high first day and night monumental National flag with the flag of 28 feet wide and 72 feet in length. It is the tallest tricolour of the country. Statue Circle is a memorial built to pay tribute to the founder of Jaipur city, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II who holds an astrological diagram (he loved all things celestial and built the observatory).
A rather grand
building.
  A huge new
build and All Saints, ‘opened for Divine
Service on the 25th of December 1876’.
  Traffic was suspiciously quiet for a Friday at two o’clock, but it is a school
holiday. I see an interesting emporium, Oh
dear.....
 We passed a huge
pile of debris, turned at the chaotic bus station and arrived at our
digs.
   Our bed
(like a floor board) was at the far end of what seemed like a dark corridor, Bear tested it
out after unpacking. Our digs, twenty pounds a night including breakfast is a
heritage building so we must explore, but for now tired bunnies.
ALL IN ALL MANY CHANGES IN
SCENERY
LOTS TO
SEE |
