On the road to Jaipur we followed vehicles packed with goods and people. They obviously don’t have the road safety standards that we have at home.
We passed the Chandpole Gate as our group arrived in Jaipur. The city of Jaipur is a UNESCO site, recognized for its exceptional indigenous city planning and architectural heritage. It is one of the best pre-planned modern cities.
We walked through the Chandpole Bazaar. It has over 350 shops.
This store had delicious candies.
In the evening a very nice couple invited us into their private home in Jaipur for a cooking demonstration. Her husband studied in the U.S. and has a degree from the University of Virginia. He learned the habit of honking the horn a lot while driving in India. He said that he had to unlearn that habit in the U.S. She is an excellent cook in the Indian vegetarian style. The food was delicious.
We received an appetizer of chickpea snacks cooked in peanut oil and chicken kebab (minced chicken nuggets). It disappeared quickly.
Dinner has arrived – chicken, lentil soup, rice, potatoes, mixed vegetables, and bread.
Later we went onto the top floor terrace of a building near our hotel. Traffic was streaming by below.
Watch the vehicles merging into a traffic circle. It’s not clear who has the right of way.
Isarlat Sargasooli, or the “heaven-piercing” monument was built by Sawai Ishwari Singh in the year 1749 in commemoration of his glorious victory over the combined armies of Mewar and the Marathas. They were supporting the claim of his stepbrother Madho Singh, his rival to the throne of Jaipur. This seven-storied minaret is 140 feet tall and octagonal in shape.
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