After breakfast, we went to see Jantar Mantar, an astronomical and astrological site built in the 18 th century. One of the giant sun dials is accurate to 2 seconds.
Sights traveling to Jantar Mantar
The sun dials at Jantar Mantar.
Aires
Leo the Lion
Sun dials
Then we went to the City Palace Museum.
Gangajali Jar - largest silver objects in the world. Weighs 345 kilos and 900 gallon capacity.
Time for lunch - western lunch - sandwich, fries, and dessert
Left the palace area and walked to the market.
People, traffic, animal watching at the market:
Shops - small space but jammed packed with goods. Merchants almost drag you inside to look at their gods and buy.
And more shops. We bought nothing.
Traffic
More traffic. In Indian traffic, the following rules must be accorded at all times - In descending order give way to: cows, elephants, camels, buffalo, pigs, goats, dogs, heavy trucks, buses, official cars, pedal rickshaws, private cars, motorcycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, handcarts, and finally to pedestrians.
Camel
Elephant
The bicycles carry such heavy loads
And so do the people
Marilyn's glad she's not driving
Dinner - chicken stroganoff, rice, tomato soup, apple pie with ice cream. No curry tonight.
Tomorrow an authentic Indian dinner - dining in an Indian family's home with cooking demo.
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