March - August 2008

March - August 2008
Route: London --- Delhi (see Rajastan and the Golden Triangle before flying to Amritsar and Chandigar). Delhi --- Hong Kong (a short stay). Hong Kong --- Tokyo (catch the shinkansen north to Sapporo and back - with a few stops on the way). Tokyo --- Beijing (travel overland via Xi'an and the Yellow River to Shanghai). Shanghai --- Hong Kong and then hop on the ferry to Macau for a flight to Bangkok. Then travel overland to Chiang Mai, through Laos and then back down to Bangkok (to catch a flight to London for a wedding). From Bangok travel down to Singapore via Malysia, before flying to Oceania.

30 March 2008

Jaipur Pictures

In the Pink City - cows compete with motorcycles and rickshaws in the busy streets as usual. The strange 2D Palace of the Winds - so the King's consorts could see the street, with no-one seeing in!


Jaipur City Palace: fantastically carved buildings and gateways (and hugely over the top decorations to the rooms inside).


In one courtyard there's a weird open marble hall in the middle. This has no walls, but contains 2 giant solid silver pots (nearly my height) and crystal chandeliers (complete with pigeons roosting on top!)


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