day 2 in jaipur was not as fruitful as we expected,
mostly because the terrible heat was getting to us.
our mood was horrid, and we felt sweaty and sticky all the time.
we bathe on average twice a day, sometimes even 3times !!
but after leaving the bathroom, even after showering with cold water,
we still managed to break out in sweat almost immediately.
and because of that, we cancelled many of our plans,
spending most part of the day relaxing at the local coffee house.


first stop was to the hawa mahal.
in the past, women are forbidded from stepping out in public,
and so, the maharajah built this viewing tower,
for the ladies in the palace to hide behind,
and view the city from behind these walls.
yeah, nice-looking building.
on our way to the next stop,
we bumped into an uncle with an ancient camera.
i think he was prolly bullshitting us but..
according to him, its one of the oldest cameras in the world.
the uncle said that his camera was used to take pictures of the royal family,
and has been the family heirloom for many years now.
he has been invited many times to take pictures of famous bollywood stars,
and a museum had even offered him 1million rupees for the camera. but whatever it is,
it was pretty fun taking "neoprint" with this ancient camera.
our picture turned out damn ugly, as expected,
but still, a fun experience anyhow !

next, we visited the only viewing tower in jaipur.
its supposed to be really tall, with fantastic view of the pink city.
the tower wasnt really that tall, but the view was pretty good :)
oh yes, jaipur is known as the pink city,
that was because in 1849, when india was still under colonial rule,
the town was ordered by the governor, to paint all their walls pink,
just to welcome prince edward/albert to jaipur.
anyway, the town looks more orange than pink now.

and the last stop before we retired for the day, was to the sun temple.
the sun temple is the only temple in india that worships the sun.
apparently, some monkeys made it their home a few years back,
and because of that, the temple is also famously known as the monkey temple.
many locals visit the temple to offer food to the monkeys for good karma. we also bumped into many white holy cows on the way up to the temple.
oh, jaipur is a really nice place :)