Hello again,
We are still in Jaipur, which is also known as the Pink City as all the old buildings are built with a local pink stone although they are pretty run down now. This is seemingly the place to buy luxury gemstones unfortunately that is not within my travel budget.
We have done a lot of the local sites, Forts, Palaces etc and meeting some lovely people and of course a few stories to share with you. After taking some photo's of the local street kids the other day I thought I would buy them some sweets as I don't like to give them money - despite asking three times if what I was buying was sweets the local vender decided to sell me tobacco, luckily a passing local lady intervened and explained what I was about to do!! Don't think the vender dared to argue when I demanded he swap what I bought for some biscuits!!
Then when we were walking through the park and watching some young lads play cricket some of them came over and were speaking to us about where we were from, all very friendly till one decided to touch my bum - don't think he will do that again though as I threatened to hit him with his mates cricket bat so they decided they should return to their game and we left the park quick smart!!
The Delhi belly comes and goes which makes life quite interesting especially when trying to communicate with the locals to find a toilet in a hurry - yesterday Anji had to squat down and demonstrate for our driver
Last night our hosts invited us to join them at a friends who were hosting a meal at a temple to celebrate a religous service. We saw a little of the ceremony which was really interesting with lots of colour, bells and praying to the two different gods of the temple - The Monkey God and the Elephant God (I won't even try and spell their correct names!). This was followed by a traditional meal from the Rajastan area which was delicious and served on leaf plates.
Today we are having a lazy afternoon in the sun at our Guest House before heading out to a local village to see some more local customs and then we catch our first overnight train, which I am sure will be another adventure!!
Below some funny video clips which I hope work and make you giggle as I am hearing how cold and miserable the weather is at home just now ;-)
Jack xx
Galta Monkey Palace
Some more monkeys at the Galta Monkey Palace
Elephants in Jaipur
The School Bus
8 comments:
Hi jack...
Sorry its taken me a while to get in touch - I'm a muppet and its taken me 2 weeks to figure out how to access your blog! India looks fantastic - I'm jealous (weather in Glasgow crappy, and I'm just getting over the flu!) The Taj Mahal especially looks amazing...When Stewart starts making enough money to keep me in the style to which I'd like to become accustomed India is definately on the wish list! Anyway, had better go now as I'm supposed to be working! Hope everything's still going well :-)
and the Dehli belly's not too bad!
Hi Jacks,
Not quite the technophobe you make out to be eh? Inserting video clips into the blog no less!
You'll need to get Anji to take a wee snippet of you...send us a video message...even if it's just to nag us!
What's the next stop and when do you leave?
All the best,
Ade (and the gang)
Hi Jackie,
Your photos are amazing. It's just how I imagined India to be - untouched and no safety laws (picture of school bus). Looks great and all the people look happy and friendly.
Liked your video of the monkey - made me laugh!
All the best,
Elliot
Hi Jackie,
the good work continues! a really good site, well worth the visit. The weather here has not actuallly been too bad lately although it seems there may be snow at Easter! Have recommended the blog to many so you may have a few others getting in touch. Bye for now!
Hi Jackie ...
Glad you're enjoying your adventure so far ....and hope the delhi belly gets better!!
Your photos are excellent .... I'm sure I've got one of you that i could post ... seem to recall a beer bottle or something ...mmmm... will try and dig it out.
Take care for now.
Bob
Hi Jacks,
Looks like you are having a fantastic time. Really enjoying your anecdotes - we can still get a real sense of the true Jackie coming through. I laughed out loud when I read about the boy who pinched your bum! It was too easy to visualise!! Glad to see you are taking care of yourself - please continue to. Keep having a blast and update us soon. Love Carolyn
Hey - glad your all enjoying the updates took me ages to work out how to upload the video clips and depending on the internet connection it takes forever!!
Think you can all live without my nagging for a while - sure your not really missing it but when I get a video clip of me looking bronzed and gorgeous I'll post it -though you may have to wait quite some time!!
Bob - I have no memory of the photo you refer to and assume if it is inappropriate in anyway it will have been digitally interfered with lol ;-) - oh and I can delete anything I don't like on my blog anyway!!!
Ok away to try and do the next installment if I can get it to work!!
Keep the messages coming xx
Hi Jackie! Had a chance to read all about your trip and see the photos and videos! They're very kool! The animals look cute and looks like fun! Hope your well. Speak 2 you soon. Love Shona, Kirsty, Jill and Ricky xxx
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