Jaipur and Delhi and Kasauli, oh my!

Jefferson and the funky hotel art.

We nogged (non-blogged) about the hot hot hot bus ride, but let's go back in time a bit and talk about our visits to both Jaipur and Delhi.

The Pink (orange) city.

First, Jaipur - they call it the pink city, I call it more of an orange-y colored city. It is also hot as all get out, but it's a dry heat and having just come from
the equally hot but also humid South, this was a ridiculously nice change.  We also got to stay in a really cute and funky hotel with tons of art and sculptures everywhere you look - and we shopped a whole bunch (sad for Jefferson).  Our bargaining technique (to say half what you are willing to pay, then work your way up to what you are willing to pay, then walk away slowly until they agree) is working out well.  Stick to your guns, people, it works! And by "we" I of course mean Jefferson bargaining - for I am a pansy and stay out of it after pointing to what I want.  There are cows everywhere and I have crossed many a road to stay well away from their swishing tails - you never know what's on those tails.

They let you just park your cows anywhere.

Then we went on that fantastically gross bus ride (where I was accidentally spit on by it going out one window and back into mine - woo!) to Delhi - where we stayed with family friends that Jefferson has known for over 20 years.  Love them - they are so nice and great and said we looked pathetically exhausted and need to stop travelling and relax. Ha. This is mostly because I got attacked by a sinus cold and bad allergies and Jefferson got Dehli-belly - so we were both not doing so great while there.  Still, we mustered up some strength and went out shopping again (yus!) and saw a really amazing tomb (the precursor to the Taj Mahal - and just as amazing in my opinion).  I have also become quite the wanna-be-ornathologist and am really amazed at all the different types of birds here (even the jerk that pooped on me in Mumbai).

Humayun's Tomb!

After just a few days visiting them, we packed it up and were sent off to our first hill station in Kasauli (ka-soul-eeee).  It's soooo pleasant here - the temperatures are cool and we're doing a whole lot of nothing (which we should have done more of during this long stay but oh well!).  Here are a ton of pics from these last few towns.  We have just a few days left before our flight to London and then home - so we'll see you soon, clean-running-water.  How I've missed you. 

Huge birds everywhere!

AH! A TOMB!