Jaipur is the famous Pink city as all the buildings were painted pink for the Prince of Wales visit in 1876. We stayed 2 nights in Jaipur where we visited the Monkey temple and Amber fort. Other than this I did not think it was a particularly interesting city. We had a look at many silk shops, one could have tailor made me a suit for around $300 NZ or a shirt for about $30. Unfortunately my budget couldn't stretch that far and I felt like we were being taken on the tourist track as many other tourists were being taken to the same shops. The salesmen would not let me leave without naming a price. Name your price, give me your best price etc etc. Even when you don't want the item they still persist which can be very annoying. One even grabbed my arm when I tried to walk away. No is not a word they like to hear. The monkey temple was Nicole's favourite place so far. There were hundreds of monkeys eating bananas and climbing all over the place. I took about 300 photos on burst mode which I had to cull down to 100 as they were all the same. It was like being in a zoo except the monkeys were not behind a fence but right in front of us. Some had little babies which were very cute.
Playing cricket in the background
Amber fort, the fisherman checking his empty net.
Monkey temple
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