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Around Jaipur and Delhi

The last of the pics from Jaipur and Delhi. (Looking at all these pics on the blog is saving you from a long and tedious slide show once we return 🙂

Palace of the winds in Jaipur, where the palace ladies would sit and watch the real world pass by down in the street.
Palace of the winds in Jaipur, where the palace ladies would sit and watch the real world pass by down in the street.

The windows in this facade are angled to catch breezes from any direction.
The windows in this facade are angled to catch breezes from any direction.

Summer palace on the lake in Jaipur. Still used by the royal family. Destined to become an expensive hotel.
Summer palace on the lake in Jaipur. Still used by the royal family. Destined to become an expensive hotel.

Lots of gorgeous brass and copper pots in use in India.
Lots of gorgeous brass and copper pots in use in India.

Palace in Jaipur
Palace in Jaipur

Spice market in Delhi
Spice market in Delhi

We could only walk around the perimeter of the market, the spices in the air were too intense to enter the wholesale market. Our eyes and noses were running.
We could only walk around the perimeter of the market, the spices in the air were too intense to enter the wholesale market. Our eyes and noses were running.

spices
spices

Often the beauty is in the small details.
Often the beauty is in the small details.

Above Jaipur at sunset.
Above Jaipur at sunset.

Can't help but smile looking at this guy.
Can’t help but smile looking at this guy.

Amber Fort in the background... and a snake charmer
Amber Fort in the background… and a snake charmer

Elephants waiting for their rides at Amber Fort.
Elephants waiting for their rides at Amber Fort.

Gentle giants
Gentle giants

Feeding an elephant bananas. Lucinda very sweetly peeled her banana for the elephant.
Feeding an elephant bananas. Lucinda very sweetly peeled her banana for the elephant.

Jeweller/silversmith in his colourful workshop in a small village in North Rajasthan. All his techniques and tools are unchanged in the past couple of hundred years.
Jeweller/silversmith in his colourful workshop in a small village in North Rajasthan. All his techniques and tools are unchanged in the past couple of hundred years.

Audrey in the gardens.
Audrey in the gardens.

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Advertisement for underwear.

Rajasthani dancer with fire on her head. Often entertained by dancers.
Rajasthani dancer with fire on her head. Often entertained by dancers.

Clay pots outside homes are filled with water for the homes to use.
Clay pots outside homes are filled with water for the homes to use.

Scales in use outside a flour mill.
Scales in use outside a flour mill.

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