The Pink City and the City Palace of Jaipur

By December 7, 2012 Travel One Comment

Jaipur is called the PINK CITY

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because in the old city, all the structures are pink!  The kind of pink they are talking about is a peach or salmon kind of pink.  Which explained why the carpet people were showing me peach or salmon colored carpets when I kept asking for pink carpets!  haha!!  We were not understanding each other so i ended up not buying any pink carpet! 🙂

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That is just a facade!  As our tour guide Raj kept reminding us 🙂  

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We visited the City Palace where the Royal family still lives in.  Due to heavy taxation, they converted the ground level into a museum.  They did not allow photo taking in the museums so I have no photos, but they have a beautiful collection being exhibited – Textile, armors, doors, miniature paintings, etc 

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My Dad liked the Museum of Armory

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