Jaipur is a very interesting city, still crazy, congested and polluted but much calmer and more pleasant than Delhi. The Amber Fort in particular was quite spectacular, and the old city was good fun to navigate our way around. Nikki and I both managed to strike good deals on pashminas and get really pretty, patterned ones for Rs 300 (starting from Rs 900 in my case - yes, I am rather proud of myself). We spent a long time in one of the pashmina shops, where they showed us sari's which went up to the thousands, they were so beautiful. Nikki was made to try one on in the end for our comic benefit! We ate at a lovely rooftop restaurant for both nights of our stay which was near the very nice looking but fully booked Pearl Palace hotel, and ate pizza and pasta both nights without any horrific consequences! Not good but its a start. I've read in my Lonely Planet that they sell jacket potatoes in Pushkar, you wouldn't believe how excited I am about that!!!
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