Jaipur

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Megh Niwas Hotel.  Our refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Owned and operated by Colonel and Mrs. Singh with whom we would stay in Pushkar.

 

Getting around by bicycle rickshaw.

According to our driver this is the most famous Samosa stand in the city.  This being India the owner could well be his uncle but they were very good.

We also paid several visits to the "Pink Cities Famous Old Lassiwala" opposite the Palace of the Winds, carrying away delicious yoghurt in tapered clay pots which kept it cool.

The Paan seller, rolling his magic potions 

We were introduced to paan by two young women we met at the Fab India store.  They offered us a ride to  Niro's restaurant on MI Road stopping en route to buy sweet paan, a palate cleanser with a sweet filling of coconut, fruit preserves, spices, maraschino cherry, wrapped in betel pepper leaf. 

They treated us to one with instructions to save it until after lunch but I can't say I enjoyed it much.  Still it could have been worse they could have bought us the aphrodisiac paan aka the 'Bed Breaker'.

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