day 9 and 10
meeting with saanvi in agra with the red fort and the taj mahal
finally!!!

ch. shivaji mahara statue opposite of the red fort

one of the magic places on earth: the taj mahal in agra

 

back again in delhi: the lotus temple

bye-bye saanvi, ila and india!
what a great time...

 day 8
jaipur

the hawa mahal, a five-storey building looking like a honeycomb of a beehiv,
so the ladies couldn't be seen, whilst watching the parade in the street

a snake charmer an his cobra oppositeof hawa mahal

the city palace of jaipure

same

same

same

some indian "distant relatives" (hihi)

ila in front of the main building inside the palace

the jaipur observatory is for astronomy and astrology

jaipur observatory
and again

 day 7
on the way to jaipur we stoppped at the chittorgarh-fort complex.
it's huge, old and full of apes...

the water palace inside ethe complex. very wiered story about
a princess, so beautiful that it was allowed to look at here reflection only.

 

day 5
on the way to udaipur ila and i stopped at the jaintemple in ranakpur,
which is a tempel of the jain people.
they are so vegan, that not even leather is allowed in the temple...

 

 

a lot to see on day 6 in udaipur

preparations for diwali

the jagdish temple in udaipur

the city palace was built over a period
of nearly 400 years

starting around 1560

city palace

the buildings in the back were used as a location
in the james bond movie octopussy

a shport break on an island in the taj-lake

same

this one and the next two shots: the ladies garden

still day 4

in jodhpur the jaswant thada 

ande the mehrangarh fort in jodhpur

 day 4

the rat temple in deshnok, pretty strange experience