My driver arrived to take me to the Santa Cruz domestic airport in Mumbai
at 5:30AM. I was scheduled to head to Jaipur on an Air India flight at 8AM.
It was actually 11:38AM by the time we were actually airborne. It's a good
thing I really like airports!
On board, a really nice young man sat next to me, a Jaipur native. He and
I chatted throughout the entire flight of one hour and forty minutes. What
a delight he was! In addition, we were served an excellent vegetarian meal
( at no extra charge ). Why has this kind of service disappeared on U.S.
carriers!!
I took a taxi to my hotel, the Umaid Mahal. The driver, Lala, has become a
good friend as I hired him for the rest of that evening and all day yesterday as
well. He will continue to show me about this wonderful Jaipur every day
until the start of the forensic conference. I will transfer to the conference hotel
tomorrow as my friend and colleague, Virginia Lynch, arrives late the night
of the 1st.
My first Jaipur pictures are of the Umaid Mahal Hotel, the lovely heritage
property where I spent three days. I can't even begin to say how much I loved
it.
at 5:30AM. I was scheduled to head to Jaipur on an Air India flight at 8AM.
It was actually 11:38AM by the time we were actually airborne. It's a good
thing I really like airports!
On board, a really nice young man sat next to me, a Jaipur native. He and
I chatted throughout the entire flight of one hour and forty minutes. What
a delight he was! In addition, we were served an excellent vegetarian meal
( at no extra charge ). Why has this kind of service disappeared on U.S.
carriers!!
I took a taxi to my hotel, the Umaid Mahal. The driver, Lala, has become a
good friend as I hired him for the rest of that evening and all day yesterday as
well. He will continue to show me about this wonderful Jaipur every day
until the start of the forensic conference. I will transfer to the conference hotel
tomorrow as my friend and colleague, Virginia Lynch, arrives late the night
of the 1st.
My first Jaipur pictures are of the Umaid Mahal Hotel, the lovely heritage
property where I spent three days. I can't even begin to say how much I loved
it.
Hotel exterior
Entrance door
Stone elephants flanking the door
Beautiful archways throughout the hotel
Sitting in the hallway outside my hotel room
Hallway elephant
Hallway outside my room
My hotel room
Twin bedded room
Sitting area in my room
The beautiful trim that is everywhere in the hotel
Lord Ganesha, at the end of my hallway
Bar area lounge
Hotel bar
Dining room with screen
Some of the wonderful dining room staff...the buffet breakfast
every morning was excellent...with Indian and Western selections.
Hotel staff saying goodbye to me....waiter and two room stewards
The wonderful man who always greeted - and helped me - whenever
I would come and go from the hotel.
I have so many more pictures to post of Jaipur but my Tata Photon wifi connection,
for some reason, does not seem up to the task of uploading my photos!!! It has
taken me two hours to get these on the blog....so, I'll have to be doing more
frequent posts so you can see what I am enjoying in Rajasthan. It is a delightful
place in India and I pray I will be back someday.
