India – Jaipur

by Amy ~ June 25, 2007

On our first day in Jaipur we decided to sleep in and take advantage of the pool. We spent the day lounging. In the afternoon I started feeling bad. Unfortunately at dinner I got sick and had a fever.

We had been very careful about what we have been eating – nothing we didn’t peel ourselves, nothing uncooked, no fresh juices etc. and we only ate in 5 star hotels. I tapped into my medicine (Cipro) and stayed behind to rest the following day while the others explored Jaipur.

The staff at the Jaipur Hilton were exceptional. The hotel manager personally checked on me to make sure I didn’t need a doctor, another member brought tea to my room. I’m so glad we paid the extra money to say in a nice hotel!!!

Two days later, I felt better and we explored the Monkey palace. There were monkeys everywhere and if you were brave enough (we were not), you could feed the monkeys bananas. It was fun to watch them run and play up close. We also saw our first snake charmers however, to get a picture you had to bribe them.

At the palace they had 3 pools: One for monkeys, one for men and one for women – and they drained into one another in that order! I don’t think I would have swam there!!

We also went to a jewelry factory (really a small house) where there were 16 men working on polishing stones, making the gold jewelry and setting the stones. It was really interesting to see. OSHA would have had a field day there!!!

View our Jaipur photos.