Traveling by road is a kind of adventure. So I rented a car while going to Jaipur from Delhi. It was a 261 km journey. On my way to Jaipur I couldn’t see any farms or green anywhere near the road. It was like traveling through the desert. I reached my destination at 12 noon. The temperature was even hotter than in Delhi. With the assistance from a guide I entered Jaipur which is known as the pink city. Later I will tell you why it is called as pink city.
After having a cool fruit mix along with a jaipur’s essence, I along with my guide went to a palace in the city. The city was full of old architectural buildings. The palace we visited was vast but simple. Then I visited jantar mantar a research building built during 18th century. After that I went to ambur fort. This fort was situated at the top of a rough mountainous region. It was built with red stones and marbles. The fort looked majestic at the top of the mountain. There were two huge cannons at the fort which was built for its defense purposes. On the bottom edge of the fort there was a water saving pond which was built for saving huge amount of water from rain for even hundreds of years.
As the temperature started rising to its peak I started to wind up my journey in Jaipur and head for my next destination Amritsar. Jaipur was a city of its own culture. During 18th century, people of Jaipur decorated roses throughout the city of Jaipur to welcome the prince. From then on it was called as the pink city.
