Yearly Archives: 2012

Milk Market in Jaipur

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Our tourguide Raj took us to the Milk market in Jaipur!!  What an interesting thing…though maybe after seeing this you ight not drink milk anymore in India 🙂  

They all sit on the road with jars of fresh milk

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It was so hard to take photos from inside the bus and it was moving – but notice the man in the suit – he is bending down – he is actually dipping his whole arm into the jar to test the milk!!! and he will then taste it!!!  Raj says that in the hotels they boil the milk before serving it – I hope so 🙂

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Breakfast at the Rambagh Palace Jaipur

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Breakfast is always included in the rooms, so we really take advantage 🙂  And because we had breakfast everyday – I hardly had to eat any of the junk food I had brought with me!!  

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I noticed also that they do not offer the hot food menu – so ask for it because you can order anything on the menu and that is still part of the breakfast

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Nice view!!

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The Maharaja

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The Princess

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Egg station

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Lassi is a breakfast drinks so I have it every morning! 

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Our hot foods – 

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One of the Indian waiters there is married to a Filipina!  How nice 🙂

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Palace Room at the Rambagh Palace

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We were able to visit a suite, not sure what category this is.  They told us that not one room in the Palace is the same

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Elevator area going to our room

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Beautiful hallway with walls fully painted!  How lively and colorful

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Door to the room

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Love this 🙂

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Controlled from inside

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Hanging cords which  is used to hang outside the door – red for privacy and green for make up room

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A you enter to the right is a walk in closet

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To the right is the bathroom

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All toiletries Made in India!

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Indian marble plate holder- beautiful!

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Indian Marble soap holder

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That window opens to the bedroom 🙂  I don’t know for what purpose 

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Toilet paper with a seal 🙂

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I am a Maharani/Princess for a few days 🙂

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Straight ahead is the room

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Interesting outlets for internet and sockets

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Adaptor in a beautiful bag

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Amenities on the bed

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Side table amenities

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 There was the usual pillow menu but didn’t know there was a quilt menu!  i just saw in in the website after already

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More interesting switches 🙂

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View from the room

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On our second night, we came back to the room from dinner to these beautiful rose petals on the floor!  I almost stepped on it 🙂

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Beautiful packaging for your laundry

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 Click below to go to their website 

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Rambagh Palace Jaipur by The Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces

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 Around three hours driving after lunch, we arrived at our next destination – Jaipur!  This is the video being played in the hotel room narrated by the Princess herself

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She wrote a book which Ines recommended we read 

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A very very beautiful palace!  

The excitement is non stop!!  Everytime we go to a place, it’s just so breathtaking!  And this used to be only the hunting lodge of the Maharaja

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Feeling always so welcome 🙂  Fresh rose petals being thrown as you arrive 🙂

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Hot towel

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and a bindi 🙂

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there’s more – Floral necklace and drinks 

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Just the facade of the hotel was already too too beautiful, but as you enter the lobby and go through the doors!!

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A beautiful courtyard!!!!!!!

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We went around the hallways going to the room 

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Another beautiful sight!!!!!! 

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The Polo Bar

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Back to the courtyard getting a bit darker and with some lights on 

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Other shots of the hotel 

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Change in flowers in the main lobby

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Click below to go to website:

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Wine & Cheese Night

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Rustan Supermarket organized a Wine and Cheese night last month

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Chie Gatchalian gave a short talk on wines and wine pairing

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1. Salty food- pair with full bodied, tannic wines (ex. Cabernet Sauvignon); salt in food softens tannins in wine

2. Fatty or fried food- pair with a dry, acidic white wine (ex Sauvignon Blanc); acid cuts through the grease lessening the “umay” factor

3. Savoury or Umami rich food- pair with a fruity wine (ex Beaujolais nouveau) to complement the “linamnam” in the food and not overpower it

4. Sweets/Desserts- pair with sweet wines to perfectly match it.

5. Mildly spicy food- good with sweet wines or juicy wines to counteract the spice (ex Riesling).

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Of course, what else goes with wine, but Cheese! Yum 🙂

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Gulmohar Restaurant

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After Fathepur Sikri, we drove on the way to our next stop, Jaipur.  The place we wanted to have lunch in was full so we were brought here by our tour guide.  This lunch was included already in the packagegulmohar-restaurant-01.jpggulmohar-restaurant-02.jpggulmohar-restaurant-03.jpggulmohar-restaurant-04.jpggulmohar-restaurant-05.jpggulmohar-restaurant-06.jpggulmohar-restaurant-09.jpggulmohar-restaurant-010.jpggulmohar-restaurant-012.jpggulmohar-restaurant-013.jpggulmohar-restaurant-014.jpggulmohar-restaurant-016.jpggulmohar-restaurant-018.jpggulmohar-restaurant-019.jpggulmohar-restaurant-020.jpggulmohar-restaurant-021.jpggulmohar-restaurant-022.jpggulmohar-restaurant-023.jpggulmohar-restaurant-024.jpggulmohar-restaurant-015.jpggulmohar-restaurant-017.jpg

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