Our final full day here in Jaipur . .
. We decide to head to the Monkey
Temple (Galwar Bagh). The temple complex is over 1000 year old . . . sounds interesting! Mixed reviews on the web,
especially with the amount of monkeys swarming the place which Jase was dubious
about . . .
Headed off with our trusty driver . .
.taking back streets due to the police shutting off so many main roads again . . .total chaos . . even Sanjay was saying “Oh My God”
now and then meaning the traffic was worse than normal!!!
It was a good walk/hike up to the top of the hill to see the Hindu temple, . . .we then
walked down the other side to where the main temple complex was . . . It was
great to stretch the legs and cover some distance in the sun. . . .
It was interesting . . . plenty of wildlife
. . Monkeys, Goats, Birds, Squirrels . . as for the pools of water where people
bathe etc . . .OMG. No way. It was brown and smelly . . . we even saw a catfish
near death at the surface . . . (Note: Add that to the list of “dead
things we have seen”).
Once again we are the only tourists in this place. We suspect we might be a novelty when a young girl walking by stops in her tracks, lines up Jase in her sights and takes a shot of him on her mobile. We have no idea why and can only suspect she thought Tom Cruise was having an unadvertised visit.
We got back to the car after about 2 hours
and stopped in to a few emporiums to see what they had to offer. Both of us got
something which was great . . Quality, not Quantity .. 8-)Once again we are the only tourists in this place. We suspect we might be a novelty when a young girl walking by stops in her tracks, lines up Jase in her sights and takes a shot of him on her mobile. We have no idea why and can only suspect she thought Tom Cruise was having an unadvertised visit.
the chefs in the Peshwari Restaurant at the hotel ( yummy)
the muso's who play by the pool each night
Chilling in the lounge before dinner
