The old city, contained by an imposing, appropriately pink wall, is where we explored the city palace, an ancient observatory, and walked through bustling bazaars.
We went by the palace, where a Bollywood film, “Veer,” was being filmed. The filmmakers got in trouble for starting work on the project before having all the permits. Justin got in almost as much trouble for taking this photo in one of the palace sitting rooms where photos are prohibited, but hey, who could resist?
Afterward, Justin had some trouble with his watch so we walked across the street to the observatory, which had working sundials (although they were a little off, having been built in 1728).
They also had structures designed to follow the different constellations. Here Jessica’s ramming it up with her sign, Aries.
Later, we hiked up to Monkey Temple, also known as the Temple of the Sun God. Both are featured here.
What we didn’t know was there was a spa/restaurant there as well. Apparently, one person gets a rub down, and the other gets some protein.
The color is amazing. And the sunset looks nice as well!
The traffic is not the best, but in India, they definitely take the cake for variety of vehicles. Along with the buses, cars, trucks, pedal-rickshaws, autorickshaws, camel carts, pedestrians, rolling fruit stands, and roaming cows, you will also find these bad boys of the concrete jungle.
This, as you might guess, is the Mountain Palace…no, that’s silly. It’s called the Floating Palace of course!
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