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    29-11-2013
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.26th of Nov - Jaipur City
    Today a non biking day. We will be visiting first the magnificent Amber Fort. The idea was to take an elephant as a means of transport, but when we saw the queue we decided to walk up. The was a great view and we saw a constant drip of elephants climbing up with passengers and coming down without to fetch the next load. We visited the fort built in pale yellow and pink sandstone and white marble. It was truly splendid and the views breathtaking. We went through the fort accompanied by the comments and information of our guide Singh. He was rather bossy and not too nice. At the end there was a museum shop where I purchased 2 books of Amitah Ghosh and a couple of postcards.
    After this visit we went to the City Palace. This marvel still contains a section that is occupied by the royal family.  We were shown the winter palace for the maharanis. This was decorated by encrusted pieces of glasswork from Belgium. When candles were lit, the reflections are like stars and giving an impression of a starry night. It must have been magically beautiful just as in a fairy tale.
    Then we were shown the summer palace where cooling was foreseen for the maharanis. The was adjacent to a very nice garden in mogul style. The maharaja had 12 maharanis and each of them had their own courtyard. Contact between them was forbidden and they could talk to the maharaja through guards who would bring the message to him. Then we walked through a room where lots of pictures were hanging, showing us official receptions and event amongst which pictures of the  maharaja with Lady and Lord Mountbatten. This room is used by the maharaja for sessions with his ministers. The were also pictures of all the maharajas that have been reigning. The most remarkable one was  Sawai Madho Singh who was 2m10 tall and weighted 250kg. In the museum where we could watch the garments it was no surprise to see that his pyjama trousers were 3m wide.
    The other garments were always splendid and decorated with encrusted gems.
    We also visited the hall where the maharaja held his public seatings. There were 2 silvers jars on display. These are recorded in the Guinness book of records as being the largest existing silver jars in the world. These were used to transport the holy water for the maharaja during his visit to London. After all these marvels we went to the hall for the miniature paintings where artist who are still working for the royal family, are showing you their art and what colours they are using.
    I purchased a ring with a beautiful lemon topaz.
    Then we continued our visits to the observatory. This was built in 1728 and contains huge instruments to record the time of the day, the months and the zodiac signs. Also the position of the sun towards the earth is being measured. This was really very special and impressive. Then we went back to the hotel where we had a lunch and a relaxing afternoon around the pool a d sunning in the grass. In the evening we set out again to view ......., we took lots of pictures but still it was not easy from a distance.
    Then we went to a local restaurant for dinner, but before that a couple of us went to the ATM to get some cash.   I got the money out in no time, but when Ria tried, she got a receipt but no cash. We didn't look at it very carefully and the others didn't wish to take any risk. So we went back to the restaurant to discover that the receipt had declined on it so there wasn't any problem at all.
    We had a nice meal and also live music and dance. After this we stopped at the palace if the Winds that was still lit so we could make lots of pictures.

    Then back to the hotel and this concluded a wonderful day with lots of impressions and great beauty and ingenuity.  
    Ps Berna still in hospital and not really better. Repatriation is foreseen for end of the week.







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