It's ridiculous how I came home from my travels in early February and I am STILL transcribing my journal/uploading my pictures. Maybe I am not cut out for blogging, since God knows that I had all the time in the world to do this. Where did the last 5 months go? And in a month and a half I'll be starting medical school so I really have no idea where the future of this blog is going.
Anyway, I'm going to take a shortcut now. I'm still stubborn about displaying my travels but too lazy to write everything out.
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| The iconic Hawa Mahal - The Wind Palace |
We had bought a city pass the other day, and it covered the entrance fees for our tourist attractions today. We hired Moin again as our driver, because once you find someone dependable you will definitely want to stick with that person even if it definitely is pricier than hailing autorickshaws. Truth be told, it was nice to be driven around, especially since it was starting to become hot (even though it was still January!)
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| Inside of the palace |
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| Peek-a-boo! |
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| Moin told us that the palace contains 300 such windows, for all of the princesses to peek out of. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
There was a dejected-looking dog in the parking lot of the Royal Albert Hall. He looked so forlorn and thirsty that I created a puddle of water right next to him. Rather than the dog greedily lapping up the water, he gave it a disdainful look, got up and walked away! Never would I have thought that I was being an inconvenience to him, and, to add salt on my wounds, passerby started laughing at me.
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| Ancient war relics |
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| Strike a pose |
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| A little oasis in the desert |
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| We bought some nuts and hung out on a bench on the museum grounds |
By the time we got to Jantar Mantar, it was really hot and the place is such a wide, open, and bright area. The heat and light made it hard to enjoy our time here, and even with the audio tour I had no idea how any of those instruments were created or what their purpose was - but I did marvel at the sheer brilliance of it all!
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| An ancient sundial |
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| I still have no idea what this is |
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| Old City gates |
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| Mmmm I miss these flavors! |
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