Reluctant to leave Pushkar, I had been dreading this day. Jaipur was the capital of Rajasthan and another big city. The crazy markets, traffic, honking of horns and overpopulated streets was in our near future and I was not looking forward to it. After being in two smaller towns, it opened my heart for my LOVE of them. I usually don't mind the big cities but I felt that after doing so many tourist stops and having a taste for the smaller towns, ending our trip in Jaipur was going to be difficult. So everything I expected was true except the markets were insanely overwhelming and every shop owner would stand outside and ask you to come in, offer cheap prices blah blah blah. It gets exhausting after some time and you don't want to be rude and bitchy, but seriously it gets old fast. So I learned to bite my tongue keep my head up, not make eye contact and just walk like I had a purpose. I wasn't quite sure what to expect of the so called pink city but all it was were several walls and buildings painted in pink, which to me looked more of that barfy terracotta colour. I think my head was thinking it was going to be this bright and lovely crazy vibrant pink that we had been seeing on women wearing saris. Adrienne and I did a ton of tourist stuff- O.M.G I don't know what possessed us to follow the mass tourist crowds but for some reason we found ourselves getting sucked into the trap. I think it had more to do that with the fact that both of us were not too keen on being in Jaipur to begin with so we were trying to fill our time with seeing as much as we could to make the time pass. The one incredible stop we had there was called the Jantar Mantar- it's a World Heritage site that is an astronomer, astrologer and a historian's dream come true. It is a virtual museum built in the 1700s for astronomical observation. The area is scattered with public art like pieces that hmmm its quite hard to explain but.....(thanks wikipedia) are major geometric devices for measuring time, predicting eclipses, tracking stars' location as the earth orbits around the sun, ascertaining the declinations of planets, and determining the celestial altitudes and related ephemerides. Whoa! Amazing! It is so fascinating and I highly recommend a visit if you ever find yourself in Jaipur. Either than that I have to say Jaipur was another big city that was not for me, but as always I am grateful to have had the chance to go there. And for the first time in a BIG city, I met a great shop owner and got to do my favourite- sitting and chatting about life. The two days in Jaipur went fast and the end of our trip was coming to a close. The drive to Delhi was how we would spend our last day. I am never good with ending any trip , I think because I am never ready to go home. Being away I feel like I'm at my best, on top of the world, savouring every moment and taking in, learning, experiencing, connecting, motivating, inspired- the list goes on but traveling is my PASSION. But, I knew I had to let myself feel and accept the emotions of going home- positive, negative, sad, mad etc. I was obviously excited to be with my husband again and to be surrounded by family and friends. But everything else seemed so non existent and I knew that the drive to Delhi would be time for some serious reflection......
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