Namaste!

After a 5 hour drive, we landed in Jaipur. We had lunch at Samode Palace.

Samode Palace, Samode Haveli and Samode Bagh (Garden) are heritage monuments and structures built by the noble feudatory with the hereditary title of 'Maha Rawal' or 'Maha Saheb' of the Amber and Jaipur principality in Rajasthan, India. All three have rich history of several hundred years and display a fusion of Mughal and Rajasthani art and architecture. They are now part of the Heritage group of hotels under the flagship name of "Samode" that are run by the hereditary owners of these structures. The Samode Palace is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Jaipur city, the Samode Haveli is close to Jaipur (centrally located within city limits, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from the city railway station) and the Samode Bagh or Garden, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the palace which is also run as a luxury hotel.

Many Hindi feature films have been pictured with the settings of the palace. The 1984 American HBO TV serial adaptation of the Raj-romance novel The Far Pavilions was also filmed in the palace precincts and starred Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Omar Sharif and Christopher Lee.

The buffet lunch was very, very, very nice. Everything was freshly prepared and the wait staff very attentive. After lunch we enjoyed a tour of the palace, taking lots of photos.

Before leaving we were entertained by a really nice puppet show. It was really cute.

We then had an additional 2 hours to our hotel.

Whhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnn, we arrived t our hotel. OMG. This was truly a sight to see. The grounds were extremely ornate. We walked through the front entrance and were even more in awe. Again the hotel was gorgeous.