Photo Tour of Jaipur and its Amber Fort

Forts, forts, forts, I love the forts in India and you will too after this photo tour.

 

after a long train ride in from Agra, these cheese sandwiches were just what the doctor ordered

 

Lina in front of the City Palace

 

Lina in the City Palace

 

City Palace in Jaipur

 

famous Peacock Door in the City Palace

 

Palace attendant

 

red light, red city

 

bustling walkways of Jaipur

 

an elephant walking down the street

 

a cart full of colorful fabrics

 

 

Amber Fort and its glowing reflection

 

Amber Fort

 

Amber Fort

 

Gardens in front of the Amber Fort

 

elephans and their mahouts wait for a job

 

elephans and their mahouts wait for a job

 

Lina and Olga on their way up to Amber Fort

 

Lina and Olga making their way up to Amber Fort

 

Amber Fort and a parade of elephants

 

elephants make their way down from Amber Fort

 

elephants on parade

 

Amber Fort elephants

 

Amber Fort elephant ride

 

The fortifications around Amber Fort

 

finally in Amber Fort!

 

 

Palace in the Amber Fort

 

from inside Amber Fort

 

Lina and Olga sit in the palace chair

 

Around the palace

 

Palace architecture

 

a view from the palace

 

looking out at the gardens from the palace

 

interior gardens of the palace

 

palace ceiling

 

palace ceiling

 

Lina and Olga in the Amber Fort palace

 

Amber Fort

 

Amber Fort

 

reflecting hall

 

Amber Fort palace gardens

 

palace entrance

 

a man seated at the palace entrance

 

palace details

 

original doors

 

can you make out Olga on the balcony?

 

Amber Fort

 

in the tower

 

Amber Fort guard... ok... they were here for a movie

 

movie cast at Amber Fort

 

looking out from Amber Fort

 

floating palace

 

Our tuk tuk is being chased down by a horse!

 

a horse surrounded by traffic

 

in Jaipur

 

Hawa Mahal, palace of wind

 

vintage car parked on a sidestreet in Jaipur

 

painting the city red

 

streets of Jaipur

 

power in Jaipur

 

view from on high in Jaipur

 

view from on high in Jaipur

 

view from on high in Jaipur, backside of Hawa Mahal

 

view from on high in Jaipur

 

Jaipur looks more like a red city from this angle

 

 

looking out from the Jaipur Ishwar Lat victory tower

 

Jaipur Ishwar Lat victory tower

 

brewing clothing dye

 

a rickshaw driver pushes his cart

 

carving statues

 

carving statues

 

detail work on statues

 

... the only thing I can understand in this sign is "Sex to the right"

 

streets of Jaipur

 

There are traffic rules in India?

 

lassi time!

 

Raj Mandir movie theater

 

Raj Mandir movie theater

 

Raj Mandir movie theater

 

Olga enjoying a paper dosa!

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