Jaipur

We arrived in Jaipur yesterday after a 5 hour train ride from New Delhi. It was a pretty amazing ride through very remote country side. Many, many impoverished communities and farms with women bent over plucking weeds and things by hand. The biggest suprise to us was what we have been calling the "pooping fields". Apparently, there is no better place to drop a load in the morning than by the railroad tracks. We must have passed 100 men sqatting out in the open doing their business. The women however were no where in sight.
Apon arriving in Jaipur, we met a friendly rickshaw driver who took us to a nice guest house with AC rooms, our own private bathroom, and a rooftop balcony restaurant. It's costing us each about $4 per night. We enjoyed some DELIIOUS luch and dinner here. A wide variety of curries and veggies, rice, and pita for about $2.50!! After a few hours of rest and food our rickshaw driver took us on the most insane drive through the city!! There are absolutly no traffic lights or rules on the road. Everyone just crams in where ever they can. He took us to this place called the monkey temple. It's a relatively easy climb to the top where we were greeted by hundreds of monkeys all waiting for the mango lady to come up and feed them. From here we could see the whole city. It was really amazing. We also ran into some adorable children who were so excited to see us. They all wanted me to take their pictures and would crack up when I showed it to them. We were like rock stars yesterday. Ray especially. They are all really intrigued my his tattoos. When riding through the streets, kids would come up to our rickshaw wanting high fives and things. I think they probably don't see too many westem folks here. It's very different from Delhi. We will be here for the next day or so and then wil take another 5 hour train to Pushkar, I think. I will write more soon.