I’m on my way to Jaipur.
I just made it to the domestic terminal at Bombay international Airport and right now
I’m looking for the loyalty lounge, which is the one I have access to with my Priority Pass.
I can’t seem to find it.
It’s supposed to be right after security but, I’ll take a look.
I just discovered that the lounge was closed.
I feel like I’m in prison here there are so, so many people.
[Music plays]
I just arrived in Jaipur and it’s noticeably cooler.
I like it a lot.
It’s about 10° cooler here than it was in Mumbai.
The first thing I noticed when I got out here though was that the cars, I mean in Mumbai
they blew their horn‘s.
But here they just blow it constantly for good reasons, bad reasons, or no reason at all.
It’s really, really annoying.
[Horns blowing]
So I just got up and took a shower, and I’m ready to go out and hit the sights and sounds
of Jaipur - most of which are horns.
Today I’m going to visit the City Palace for sure and a few things around that area.
I feel like I had a little bit too much to eat last night.
I got up about 11 o’clock last night and went to a little place down the street and
had a really good meal.
And I’ve decided that today is going to be a bit of a walking day.
It’s about 50 minutes to walk to the city Palace.
So here we go.
[Music plays]
I am currently inside the City Palace.
It is really beautiful.
It’s actually a lot nicer than I thought it was going to be here.
It is really really painted with a lot of intricate artwork all over it.
If you can see behind me, you can see the painting that’s been done to make the lines
and everything.
And over here, you’ll see a lot of the detail in the sort of minarets or whatever you call
tops of the little towers.
And it’s really, really nice in here because, unlike outside the palace, there’s not a
lot of horn blowing.
Actually, there’s not any, so that’s really, really cool.
[Music plays]
OK, so I’m reading Wikipedia right now, and it’s telling me that the City Palace
here in Jaipur was built between 1729 and 1732, which is pretty impressive given how
big it is.
I mean, that’s only three years and the intricate work all over the buildings is really,
really cool.
So for anybody to build a complex of this size in just three years, that takes a lot of skill.
[Music plays]
Apparently, no photography allowed in the weapons gallery.
It’s really too bad because there was some really really cool stuff in there.
Guns and daggers and all that kind of stuff.
Oh well.
[Music and singing from the puppet show]
[Music plays]
I really wish I had my drone here.
The City Palace is actually pretty beautiful.
Well I looked online before I came here.
It told me that you couldn’t bring a drone to India and they would actually take it from
you right at the airport.
However, my Airbnb host in Mumbai told me that a lot of his friends have drones.
In fact he told me I could borrow one if I wanted, but I didn’t want to take a chance
on losing someone else’s drone because I know how expensive they are.
Still this would’ve been really cool place to see from above.
Disappointing.
Oh well.
[Music plays]
OK I feel like I’ve been through most of the palace already, but I what I’m really
trying to do figure out how to get up here.
And I think that’s a place for you actually have to pay.
OK, I've just learned that this is the actual palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur.
And when he is not residence, you can go in and visit, and it is the place that cost about $40.
It is 1:30 in the afternoon right now, and I haven’t had a bite to eat since actually last night.
I haven't eaten anything today.
So I stopped into a café here at the Hawa Mahal and I’m ordering a veg sandwich and
an ice cold sweet tea.
Not exactly the street food I was hoping for, but when you’re hungry, bordering on
hangry, it’s what you’re going to get.
[Music plays]
Right now, we’re at the Hawa Mahal.
And, as you can see, it’s pretty beautiful.
It’s actually just a façade.
I thought it was some place you could go in.
I don’t know.
It might still be, and I’m going to try.
But really it’s just a façade that was built so that women who wanted to view parades
could go up and view it without being seen.
At least that’s what I’ve been told by the people that are walking by me.
But mostly tourist, so I’m assuming they’re done a little more homework than I have.
But anyway, here it is.
I just met two people who said you could actually go into the Hawa Mahal.
And they gave me directions and told me where the ticket booth is, so that’s where I’m going now.
[Music plays]
No thank you.
Indian man: Where are you from?
Me: Canada
So I did get inside, and it turns out it’s not just a façade.
It’s an actual thing.
We are going to go up there and look out over the city a little bit and hopefully see some good sights.
Mostly, the busy streets below and mostly people honking their horns.
Should be fun anyway.
I’m looking forward to going upstairs and looking out over the streets.
[Music plays]
As you can see behind me, there’s lots of places to go.
There’s not a lot to see inside here.
[Music plays]
This place is obviously more than a façade.
Which just goes to prove that you should probably never trust something that tourists tell you
unless you actually do it yourself.
If I had just listened to them I would never have known to come in here.
I wouldn’t have seen all this beautiful stuff.
Definitely come to the Hawa Mahal.
It’s really wonderful.
So right now I’m at the Hawa Mahal and it’s actually pretty beautiful.
And now I’ve got someone staring at me.
And now I’m going to move away.
This is actually the last person that I thought would be wearing Crocs.
Way to go, John Cena!