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Not much to report. We left Jaipur and decided to drive to
Delhi rather than fly. The drive took 4 hours. To go to the Jaipur Airport, go
through security, check in, fly, land, taxi to gate, get our luggage would take
longer than 4 hours. We are glad Vijay drove us. We are staying very close to the Delhi Airport. I don't sense any extra security, but the hotel scans your luggage and body pats you before allowing you in the door.
The drive through the Rajasthan desert is mostly on a
divided highway, which goes through myriad villages and fields painted yellow
with mustard. The mustard is used for mustard oil, which is a staple of Indian
cooking. The roads are chocked full of trucks, the primary method of moving
goods in India. There are no lane markings and everyone charges ahead blowing
their horn. Somehow Indian drivers know how to drive in this chaos without
having accidents. We saw many camel carts. It is amazing they are still used as
transportation. The older men all wear turbans, the younger men don’t. My
favorite was driving down the divided road and passing an elephant. It is hard
to believe but they are still used as beast of burden. Click the link to see
how close to him we drove. Elephant.
We arrived at our hotel, I had a massage Cathy had her hair done and then of all
things we had a Japanese dinner in India. Tomorrow we fly to Bangkok.
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