Day 3!

Yesterday was a day of travel and food. We started our day driving 6 hours from New Delhi to Jaipur to start the next part of our adventure. It was a great opportunity to get a Wendy Wu Tours product update from Christine and listen to some Bollywood music.

There was a dramatic difference between the busy city roads and the express way where we were driving at over 120kms an hour with hardly any other cars (by India’s standard anyway!) 

This trip had also very quickly become the ‘Wendy Wu cow spotting trip’. We are showing just how Australian we are, with each of us loudly announcing to the whole bus whenever we see a cow!

Arriving in Jaipur we were treated to a delicious lunch and a turban tying experience where we each had a turban put on. Having the turban tied on your head is quite rough, but this way they can ensure that it’s tight enough that it won’t move. The style we were given is something a bit more extravagant and would be worn at an event like a wedding.

Since Jaipur is “the gem capital of the world”, after lunch we headed to a local manufacturer where they cut and polish every kind of gemstone you can possibly imagine! The business has been passed down for generations and the jewellery they create was so stunning, but very out of my price range! The lower end pieces were at least $2,000 Australian, but seeing the quality and the work that goes into each piece, I can completely understand why!

Back on the bus we headed to the beautiful Ramada by Wyndham Jaipur where we were given such a warm welcome with a flower garland, drinks, more food and a personalised card in our room!

By this time it was pouring rain which is apparently very uncharacteristic of Jaipur at this time of year! This meant the roads were under about 30cm of water in some places, making our trip to the restaurant in India’s traffic an interesting one.

Our final stop for the day was a delicious dinner where we had the most amazing meals of fusion Indian & Egyptian food. We learnt the phrase Atithi Devo Bhava (guest is god) which explains perfectly the way Indians treat their guests, no matter how full we are, there is always more food being offered!

Laura xx