We had a great day in Jaipur today, despite the 38 degrees blistering heat. We booked a driver for 6 hours and he took us everywhere, which was great, as our hotel was pretty far from all the attractions. We started with the wonderful Jantar Mantar, which is a gigantic observatory (which I first saw in "The Amazing Race"). A lot of locals were excited to getting a photo with us, which is always funny to us. :) We then went al the way up the mountain to Amber Fort...

This morning, just prior to checking out and leaving Agra, we did the obligatory visit to Taj Mahal, together with our "volunteer" guide. Well, what can I say, while the site IS beautiful, the nearer you get to it, the more underwhelming it becomes. The inside tomb is not well lit, overcrowded and not that interesting. 90 minutes did the trick for us and we left the site, check out the horrible hotel and started our 4-hour ride to Jaipur, arriving at about 7PM, g...