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India's Amber Fort

by Bob Fairbanks

One of the most spectacular sights in northern India is the Amber Fort, a few miles outside of Jaipur. We've been there twice, and the second time was as interesting and rewarding an experience as the first. Thousands of craftsmen took 200 years to build this impressive palace which was completed in 1592, exactly 100 years after Columbus 'discovered' America.

The fort sits dramatically up on a high hill, and the main way to get up there is by elephant back, always a wonderful adventure! And when you finally do get up ... (more)

From Jaipur we drove down some very dusty streets on our bus ride to...

At one point, our guide stopped the bus, got out and dabbled with those cans....

A team of performers.

What could all these tourists be staring at?

The famous Palace of Winds.

The Maharajas' many lady friends would sit behind these windows and gaze...

Finally, we looked across the river, and there, up on the hill was...

The Amber Fort is featured in a recent magazine ad for Singapore Airlines.

The line-up.

This elephant had painted decorations around his head.

This one was still celebrating the New Year of 2000.

Up, up and away we go!

The elephant in front heads up the hill, as another comes back empty...

Going through the first gate.

A nice view of the elephants coming up the hill with the mountains and...

Up, up, up the hill.

Spectacular architecture for what they call a fort.

Elephants keep arriving in the spacious courtyard.

A lady gardener taking a break from clipping the grass.

A professional photo that shows the immense size of the Amber Fort. The small...

The spectacular view from the upper level.

One of the locals has decided flowers should be eaten and not displayed.

Just one of the many ornate buildings within the fort.

Some of our group entering the building, while the photographer's wife...

That's Lord Ganesh gracing the wall above the doorway. The...

All the little lights on the ceiling look like a thousand stars. This...

A snake charmer performing his fascinating act.

The object of his affection.

We didn't hang around to see what happened next ...

article published 02/13/2007

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