Another early start and another long drive, this time to the largest City in Rajasthan, Jaipur. After the 6 hour drive with our good friend Khan, we arrived. Khan took us straight to our hotel, 'Jal Mahal Haveli', and gave us a pep talk before entering. He told us to always check the room first and if we didn't like it, he would take us somewhere else and sort it out later with the company. At the reception, Khan spoke to the receptionist in Hindi. He later informed us that he was telling them we had paid a lot of money for our stay there and that they needed to provide us with their best room, if not we would go elsewhere. Good old Khan!

The room was semi decent without wifi but it would do. After dropping off our bags, we jumped back into his car and Khan took us to a textile factory, the same place he has some of his own clothes made so he said we could trust the company. Jaipur is apparently famous for its fabrics and textile quality, and exports large amounts internationally. The textile factory was very interesting. They talked us through and showed us inside their factory right from making the fabric, drying it, then how they make the dyes - all from natural ingredients e.g. Green from green chillies, orange from sunflowers etc, then how they then print the dyes onto the fabric by hand using handmade stencils, washing it in salt water to set the colour then drying it again. They also could produce tailored made clothes from any of the fabrics for us but it was a tad pricey, even for UK prices so we passed.

Next, Khan took us to a jewellery shop and told us that a Guru worked there so we could get our palms read. I've never had this done before and I'm actually really intrigued by it so I was really keen. Matt was very sceptical as he thinks it's all rubbish. Walking into the shop, we were surrounded by lots of beautiful gem stones. I was browsing for a while before a blonde lady emerged from a small room to the left of me. I asked her if she knew about the 'Guru' that worked there and she just stared at me smiling (it was a tad awkward after 5-6 seconds) and didn't really answer me. She then just walked out still not really saying anything, just smiling. Very odd!

It became even more awkward when I turned around to come face to face with this mighty Guru. He corrected me instantly informing me he was not a Guru or Palmist as they were all "Bulls***", but he was an Energy Healer. Now I only knew what this was because Sara who we had met in Rishikesh was also an Energy Healer. It all sounds very interesting and I'm open to try anything so I was game. He took me into his back room and told me there was no cost to the session but if I wanted the stone he recommended to help my healing then there was a price for that. I thought that was fair enough. I won't go into detail of what he said or told me could happen as some of it was weirdly close to reality, but some not so much, and some was very upsetting. Either way, after 15 minutes of advise (whilst leaving the room twice when new customers emerged although he had two English speaking men manning the shop, and also answering the phone mid sentence about my life), he then told me the answer to solving my life problems was releasing a blockage in my throat. He also informed me the stone I need to place around that area was Tanzanite, this was a beautiful purple colour stone. He gave me a silver pendent with a large Tanzanite stone in the middle. It looked lovely! Unfortunately he wanted £90 for this which was way out of my budget so I gracefully declined. He seemed offended at first - I'm not quite sure what he expected for 15 minutes work, and he was clearly way out with some of his predictions. He also told me that some people think he is crazy for not charging people for a Healing session, and when I said that I didn't think he was crazy and that it brought tourists to his shop, he replied with, "yes I am crazy because my children have still got to eat!". Right... if that wasn't an emotional bribe, I don't know what is. I'm more than happy to pay for the session but not £90!

Any who, Matt was going to also give it a go but the almighty Guru said he needed to make money so no! Off we went, not to waste any more of his precious time! Both Matt and I were quite keen to have an item of clothing tailor made in Jaipur so Khan took us to a Government textile shop where the prices were cheaper but fixed. We both picked fabrics we liked straight away and they took our measurements. Matt was having a Kutar and I was having a pair of baggy travel trousers made, for a price we were happy with. After milking all the complimentary Sprite and Pepsi we could possibly take, Khan took us to a Liquor store. These are very far and few between in India as they only really sell Kingfisher (their local lager) or whisky in the smaller shops. I'm not a massive drinker so I wasn't too bothered but Matt bought a few lagers for later. Neither of us are really missing alcohol at this point, but I'm sure Goa will have a lot to offer. We offered Khan a drink, as we always do but he never accepts anything from us.

To finish off yet another jam packed day, Khan took us to a restaurant some of his previous English guests recommended, 'Rainbows'. It was very nice but a tad on the pricey side for what we are used to. We played a few games of Switch with Matts cards, which we are both getting so competitive at now, and prepared for yet another busy day ahead.