
Incredible Northern India Tour
February 19 – March 2, 2016
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February 26th, 2016
Amber Fort with elephant ride, City Palace, Hawa Mahal, Brunch
at Anokhi and a bit of power shopping. Riding an elephant is a
popular thing to do here and it is good to know that the
elephants are treated well. They are only riden for a few hours
each day so it’s important to get there early if you hope to get
a ride. You can see a long lineup and it isn’t even open yet for
riding. But thankfully once it starts you don’t have to wait
long and there is always something to keep your mind occupied
while waiting. All kinds of things being sold and people to
watch and just looking around the area – the fort is beautiful
and one of my favourites for its unusual decorations and rooms.
It is not a smooth ride and really hard to take photos but I did
manage to get a few of the group. There is a beautiful garden
below on what looks like an island. I don’t believe it is open
to the public, at least I have never seen anyone walking around.
Once at the top we get off and begin our tour. There is a lovely
garden inside the living quarters of the royal families. So many
rooms to discover but I think the overall favourite is the room
of mirrors. From here we visited the City Palace with its pink
and yellow façade where there is today royalty in residence.
From there we headed back down a most wonderful street where the
Hawa Mahal is – we passed it earlier in the day and stopped for
photos. I chuckled at the motor bike stand – just behind it you
see outside urinals. Then lunch at Anohki – which was so good
plus there is great shopping here as well. Then we dropped some
off at the market and back to the hotel where we would enjoy
dinner later on after a rest.
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