Week Four

20/11/06 to 26/11/06

Big, Famous Tourist Sites

  • 20/11/06 - Agra
  • 21/11/06 - Fatehpur Sikri
  • 22/11/06 - Agra (Sikandra)
  • 23/11/06 - Jaipur
  • 24/11/06 - Pushkar & Ajmer
  • 25/11/06 - Jaipur
  • 26/11/06 - Bikaner
The photo that was impossible to avoid ...


20/11/06 - Agra
And in the morning, we went to see ...
And in the evening, we went to see ...

21/11/06 - Fatehpur Sikri
In the ruined Moghul capital of Fatehpur Sikri.
Cool podium-thing inside one of the buildings
A ruined khan/caravanserai, just outside the site.
And a goat, keeping a close eye on the Mosque

22/11/06 - Agra (Sikandra)
One of the impressive gateways to Akbar's tomb ...
... and the tomb itself.

23/11/06 - Jaipur
Downtown Jaipur, from high up in the Hama Mahal
The afore-mentioned Mahal (palace)

24/11/06 - Pushkar & Ajmer
General view of Pushkar, and the famous and holy lake
The lake, from slightly closer
An impressive, ruined, but still in use Mosque in Ajmer - mostly used by local Hindus as a cricket ground.
The things you sometimes have to wear to get into these places ...

25/11/06 - Jaipur
Amber Fort - probably the main reason most people come to Jaipur
And the normal method of approach, which we were originally planning to take but seemed really inhumane when we actually got there
Decorative door, inside Amber fort (the
The Jantar Mantar (observatory) at Jaipur.
And some tombs (

26/11/06 - Bikaner
Locals at the rat temple in Karni Mata.
Milla says hello.
Inside the Junagarh palace in Bikaner.
Definitely a posed picture, again inside the Junagarh palace.

Week Five