Well, I'm finally blogging about the last day of our trip in India. After Varanasi, we had planned on having a day in New Delhi before heading to Paris for 2 days and then flying home to the States. Our original plan was to take a day trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, but after talking to a few people around India and friends who had visited India, we heard that we might want to skip the Taj Mahal and opt for a day trip somewhere else. One friend told us we should check out Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan. We found a tour that would pick us up in New Delhi, drive us the 5 hours to Jaipur and have a tour guide for us there, who would take us around to see the city. AND, the tour included a ride on an elephant, which I was VERY excited about! Our driver picked us up at 6am and though I was not excited about being up so early, the beautiful drive to Jaipur put me in a better mood. We witnessed an unreal sunrise (which I stupidly did not take pictures of) over the colorful fields of mustard seed plants.
Once we were a little closer to Jaipur, I was thrilled about our first camel sighting!
And then we saw the elephants!
Once in the town center, we picked up our tour guide and had a day full of palaces...
Driving around and taking in the city...
And more camels, elephants, and monkeys...OH MY!!
We ended our day with our elephant ride up to one of the palaces. I don't have a picture of us on the elephant, but here's a few of our view from atop the elephant.
Visiting Jaipur was a perfect ending to our trip. It was a beautiful city and had a look and feel about it that matched up with what I imagined India to be like in my head. Each place we visited had something else about it that gave me more of an appreciation for this country, and Jaipur definitely added to it. I really loved that we spent our last day here.
If you would like to view more pictures from Jaipur, click
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