On our first day in Jaipur we toured the city by auto-rickshaw. I can't really convey how chaotic and unnerving the city streets are. There are bikes, and rickshaws, and motorcycles, scooters, pedestrians, cows, camels, and dogs all going back and forth. There are sometimes street lights and traffic guards but it seems that they are only cautionary devices. It's confusing even to describe so I'm going to learn to post video so you can get a taste.
We headed through the remnants of the old Pink City and made our way to the Sun God Temple which you can see above the Pink Gate on the picture. The driver stopped at the bottom and we trekked up to the top which is also the monkey temple and a shrine to Hanuman, the monkey god.
Holy Monkeys! They were everywhere. You can see in the picture at least thirty and there were more behind us, above us in the trees and scattered about the mountain. I felt like I was home.
The middle picture is just the view from the temple. The city sprawls forth and fades away. This is India. Never ending company.
2 comments:
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very awesome view and place! although in the monkey shot, when you look at the concrete wall, does it say "jon's judo school"?
i swear thats what it looks like:)
monkey kung foo
john
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