A full day of tourism today. We started straight out with the City Palace. Maharaja Singh is in the palace today (the red light on the dome). According to our guide, Santoosh, Mewar is the second longest dynasty in the world. Japan has the longest.
The city was named after Maharaja Udai Singh who met a holy man on the hill and told him to build his palace on this spot and it would be well protected. The city was never taken in 500 years.
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Finally back home. I seems the iPad WordPress app did not post my pictures. I only took a few thousand. I'll try to update the story this week. It was a 17 hour flight from Dubai to Atlanta. A bit tired. We got home around 1:oo pm and cleaned the house a little...
In Agra to see one of the seven wonders of the world. BUT, it is closed on Friday. Muslim religious holiday. There is a mosque located on the grounds. So, we started with the Baby Taj http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra#I.27tim.C4.81d-Ud-Daulah. And Agra Fort. [tabs...
Had to wake at 6 am this morning for our safari at 7am. I think Kish's dad had the right idea. Stay at the hotel. It was freezing. Bone chilling cold. And the ride...well let's just say shocks and struts are optional. Foam in the seats would have been good and even...
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