The rain has come! But not before I spent an excruciatingly hot day sightseeing! City palace is beautiful, lots of different colors and passages and rooms. A lot of the things I couldn't take pictures of, which was a shame but I was glad I could see them nonetheless. I was going to take a picture of the signs outside of the ticket booth but I realized the humor would be lost on all of you so instead I will describe it. There are two identical signs: one in Hindi and one in English. They list all the prices and hours and stuff. However there is one crucial difference, on the Hindi sign the ticket price is 75 rupees and on the English sign it is 300 rupees. My Indian hosts bought 3 tickets, but the ticket guy didn't see me, so when we got to the gate the guard wouldn't let us in. We had to go back and buy a foreigner ticket for me. For the second time we approached the guard and I said, "Dekho, abhi meray pas videshi ticket hai. kush?" (Look, now I have a foreigners ticket, happy?). He was so surprised that it made up for the extra 225 spent. And the beautiful detailing on the buildings made up for all of it. Many more pictures to come.
Love,
Violet
Thanks for the peacock picture!
ReplyDelete