After a long drive through Chomu and Fatehpur we finally reached Bikaner where we visited the Junagarh Fort.

Today we were in Jaipur and Amber, the old capital. After an elephant ride we visited the palace in Amber, the observatory and city palace in the evening, now we are having birthday dinner with some of our new friends. Jaipur is a very open city – a must!

This early morning safari took us to some deer, gazelles, king vultures, peacocks and a beautyful jackal! All pics on the real cam only, sorry. Now we are on our way to Jaipur where we will have dinner with our guide’s friend’s family.

Nothing more to say… took all pics with the real cam 😉

Today we were driving south west from Agra to the Ranthambhore Forest, stopping at Fatehpur Sikri, a monumental town made of red sandstone, ghosted these days. Then we visited the world’s deepest step well, the Chand Baoli, about 25 meters distance from the normal ground to water level. Nearby is the Harshat Mata temple. Sorry, forgot iPhone pics today 😉

Well, not much to be said about Agra and the famous Taj Mahal.

Without sleeping we were immediately starting a sightseeing tour through Delhi. First stop was the India gate, Jamia Rasjid and finally the great Qutb Minar, an absolute MUST!

Here are some more pics of last year’s NZ trip…