Bundi to Jaipur

We were really sorry to leave Bundi, It is such a special place with such wonderful people.
I have been there twice before and made some friends who were genuinely overwhelmed that I had returned (hard to believe I know) and made me promise to come back (don't really know how I will manage that)...oh dear. And then there was the Brad Factor....a Katoomba resident and lover of India who spends a lot of time in Bundi and if you are a friend of Brad you embraced.
Yug the artist and teacher such a gentle and kind soul , Manesh with the antiques stall with the lovely daughter who stole my heart,Avelin the tour guide with the Masters Degree in English Lit who loves Shakespeare and John  Austen  (he did mean Jane)and has never seen a play:a Jain who married a Brahman Hindu for love and whose family won't speak to him anymore,Jaisingh who is also a tour guide and decided I was his mother and he would never forget me.....
Today we drove (well Ajay did) to Jaipur...a very different kettle of fish to small and generous Bundi.
The heat and pace(fort in the morning with it's world famous wall paintings and very rough rickshaw ride to a waterfall , not much water, loads of monkeys ,temples with resident Sadhu receiving another red spot on our foreheads) yesterday meant we stayed inside out of the heat reading, dinner on the roof with Indian music and dancing and great food. We asked a single woman sitting alone to join us...she was from Florida and very nice EXCEPT for her politics which were dire (my cousin is married to a Black and I don't mind that but...........you get the picture) We did very well to button our lips so as not to create an international incident!.
Sorry I am having soooo much trouble posting photos ...maybe tomorrow some of Rigmor's as we don't need a USB port for hers, but will have a problem finding them on her phone .
Big day in Jaipur tomorrow with an elephant ride to the Amber Fort...early start to beat the worst of the heat....and it is very very very hot!
Kath xo