50 ~ Colourful, cheerful, shopping mayhem Bapu Bazar, Jaipur

Back into the car and off to Bapu Bazar and the start of another crowded bustling walk in amongst the locals.

Walked along part of Chand Pole Bazar Rd. This market is famous for its artificial jewellery, bright bandhej / bandhani saree and suits, leather juttis, colourful Mojris (footwear), silver and artificial jewellery, gems, lac handmade bangles in vibrant shades, traditional hand block print fabrics, colourful bed sheets and rajais (quilts) etc.

Tiny shops half spilling out into the narrow footpath. Shops were on pavements, mobile carts, street vendors, mega buildings, small ones tucked in corners ... shops galore or shoppers’ paradise … shops, people, cars, buses, rickshaws, autos, cows, dogs and of course the shoppers were everywhere.

It was certainly colourful and cheerful mayhem! It was an experience like no other!

Is it a lamp standard?

This is a wedding lamp, normally used in the procession.

Then nearby Push showed me some of the glass work that he was currently restoring in a haveli that was also under restoration.

Lastly, it was the inevitable jewellery factory with the … you guess it, shop at the end. No thank you.

Back to the hotel at 5pm / 17:00.

From my room there was a view down into the neighbouring shopping centre.

Plus, what about the large window between the bedroom and bathroom?

Got a 360-degree view over the city from the hotel roof top swimming pool.

Then back down on my 4th floor and took the sunset pictures from behind the glass window.

Sun finally set in the distance at 5.40pm / 16:40.

Dinner in the hotel restaurant = Gosht biryani - Prime cuts of lamb cooked with basmati rice, finished in dum served with burrani raita 525 rupees / NZ$10.60 / US$7.30.
Plus GST and a tip came to 650 rupees / NZ$13.20 / US$9.10.
Won’t talk about the slack service when I asked for the bill.