Gold and Beautiful

After a three-year looooong hiatus thanks to COVID-19, we finally visited India in December 2021. This time we spent a few days in Jaipur, before spending time with family and friends in Mumbai and Pune. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and is known as Pink City, due to the pink hued buildings in the city. Rajasthan is popular among tourists and part of the golden triangle that many tourists visit. Probably due to COVID, we encountered fewer crowds than usual. We also went quite early everywhere and that helped combat the crowds. Most people spend 2-3 days in Jaipur and probably see more places than we did. But we were fairly jet-lagged when we reached there and were glad to have more days at our disposal. We stayed at Karma Haveli in Pink City and enjoyed the stay. It is in the older part of the city, which puts it in close proximity to many monuments. We used the rickshaw/tuk-tuk to visit the nearby monuments. The staff and the service are amazing, and the rooms are great too. We