More from Jaipur

Well today was a bit better. We got out of the city to visit the Amber and Jaigarh forts, which are perched on the top of a ridge overlooking a strategic valley (the Jaigarh above the Amber), with walls and ramparts extended to preclude any passage without permission.

Tonight we have a sleeper train to Udaipur, our last city on the trip before flying out of Delhi. D. hit a bit of a fort/palace/temple wall yesterday - wants to do nothing but find a mountain to hike, which hopefuly we can do in Udaipur.



Some folks from Gujarat who wanted their picture taken. Didn't even want me in it.





A guard who gave me a tour of the Jaigarh Fort. This was the summer bedroom of the Maharana.




This is the Amber Fort from Jaigarh fort. Note the Chinese wall-like fortification in the background. Those ran all over the hills here.






A rampart of the Jaigarh fort.



We stumbled on this dance performance in the Amber fort.

The Amber Fort from the valley floor.

One more shot of our favorite Jaipur site - the Lake Palace. Interesting stories: built by a Maharajah for his wife. After she died, he forbade its use. Recently, a wonderful plan was concocted to turn it into a five star hotel, but it was such a good idea that competing powerful forces in Jaipur came to stalemate trying to put it together. So it stands empty - maybe a Maharajah curse?