2-10-20 JAIPUR—DELHI, INDIA: Our last day in India involved travelling from Jaipur back to Delhi Airport. Vikram, our trip-long van driver, picked us up about 10 AM for the five hour drive. It was partly on highway and partly local streets. On the way east out of Jaipur we went by the Amber Fort that dominated the ridge line and had been visible from our hotel roof. We got a close up look from the road along with elephant pix. The Fort has an extensive system of walls and moats. The use of elephants to tour the Fort is controversial. The traffic was chaotic again.
We spotted another tiger before we left the hotel.
Strap hangers going to work.
The Amber Fort.
The Amber Fort and another fortification hgiher up the hill.
The elephants are to take visitors on a Fort tour. Their use is controversial. None of them have tusks.
An elephant on the road.
She looks tired to me.
The highway was less busy after rush hour. After about two hours we had a rest stop. While we were there, two hobbled camels walked out of a yard on our side of the road and crossed to the median where they ate leaves off a tree. There was a near accident as two cars had to panic brake. Later they crossed the other lanes without incident.
A lot of the motorbike/cycle drivers wear helmets, but none of the passengers. We often saw women, carrying babies, sitting side-saddle on bikes in traffic.
If you look closely, the woman on the back of the bike is carrying a baby.
Lots of mobile fruit stands and other rolling kiosks line the highway and people will park and shop.
Drive-by shopping.
More fruit.
We got to the airport in mid-afternoon and checked into day-rooms at the Radisson Blu until our transfer to the airport for 11 PM flight back to EWR. Security at the airport, DEL, was tight. We had to show that we were booked on a flight to enter the terminal. Then the usual TSA-type screening. Then, after a unavoidable, lengthly walk through duty-free shops, another check to enter the boarding area and a last check at the gate. I actually got some sleep on the 15 hour flight home.
I'll post a traffic video on FB, it's too big to go up on the blog. Tomorrow I’ll start a post for India birds.
We spotted another tiger before we left the hotel.
Strap hangers going to work.
The Amber Fort.
The Amber Fort and another fortification hgiher up the hill.
The elephants are to take visitors on a Fort tour. Their use is controversial. None of them have tusks.
An elephant on the road.
She looks tired to me.
The highway was less busy after rush hour. After about two hours we had a rest stop. While we were there, two hobbled camels walked out of a yard on our side of the road and crossed to the median where they ate leaves off a tree. There was a near accident as two cars had to panic brake. Later they crossed the other lanes without incident.
A lot of the motorbike/cycle drivers wear helmets, but none of the passengers. We often saw women, carrying babies, sitting side-saddle on bikes in traffic.
If you look closely, the woman on the back of the bike is carrying a baby.
Lots of mobile fruit stands and other rolling kiosks line the highway and people will park and shop.
Drive-by shopping.
More fruit.
We got to the airport in mid-afternoon and checked into day-rooms at the Radisson Blu until our transfer to the airport for 11 PM flight back to EWR. Security at the airport, DEL, was tight. We had to show that we were booked on a flight to enter the terminal. Then the usual TSA-type screening. Then, after a unavoidable, lengthly walk through duty-free shops, another check to enter the boarding area and a last check at the gate. I actually got some sleep on the 15 hour flight home.
I'll post a traffic video on FB, it's too big to go up on the blog. Tomorrow I’ll start a post for India birds.
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