Today we went out with our driver to see the forts of Jaipur. The first one was Amber Fort, which was built in the 16th century and is about 6 miles out of the centre of Jaipur.
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| Amber Fort |
You could ride an elephant up to the fort but as we have done that before we decided not to do it, but it was lovely seeing the elephants arrive at the fort as there was loads of them!
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| Elephants arriving at the fort |
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| Elephants walking up the hill to the fort. |
The fort was very big with some lovely features and we enjoyed looking around it.
The next fort we visited was Jaigarh Fort which was not as fancy as the Amber Fort and a little bit run down but it had some lovely views. There was a massive cannon there which was apparently the worlds largest!
The third and final fort was Nahargarh Fort which had a palace in the centre of it. The palace was very nice to begin with but it had many rooms that all looked the same and we got lost - we have obviously must have looked lost as the guards were trying to tell us where to go with sign language and broken English - we were relieved to finally get out!
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| Inside the palace |
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| View from the palace roof |
Whilst looking around the fort we must have walked in to a restricted area as one of the guards blew his whistle at us and when we looked over just shook his head and pointed the other way!
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| Step well inside the fort |
We had 'out forted' ourselves by the end of the day and we were glad to get back to our hotel to relax before dinner. It seems much hotter in Jaipur than anywhere else and we really started to feel it whilst making our way around the forts. As it started to feel a bit cooler in the early evening we sat out on the balcony listen to the sounds of the city - India has just beat Pakistan in the cricket World Cup so there are fireworks going off even though it isn't dark yet!
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