Fatehpur Sikri then to Bharatpur

Fatehpur Sikri has always been my favourite after the Taj Mahal and after this visit it continues to be. Val and I spent a couple of hours here. The carvings and works of art are incredible. This is the city that was built by Akbar the Great and then had to be deserted by the entire population because it ran out of water. The tourist touts are also incredibly irritating and cannot take "NO" for an answer

Always been a lover of snakes and first opportunity i get , I will hold one. Unfortunately Val has different likes. Well ! She missed out on this cuddly creature.

Then it was on to Bharatpur ... a small country town. Stopped in a Dhaba (roadside inn) I just had a lime soda and nibbled on Vals vege Pakoras. Our driver had a stuffed potato paratha. Then another cuddly creature came and stood next to Vals feet. Poor little harmless mouse. What did she have to make such a fuss about. Booked into the Pratap Palace hotel. and had lunch on the lawns ... black dhall and Chappatis, Lassi, lime soda. Relaxed on there for quite a while then started walking toward this internet cafe. Val started ooohing because we had to walk close to a cow. HOLY COW ! She really started to panic when two donkeys started galloping toward us .... Val took off up a drive way.

OK ! Will now take a cycle rickshaw back to the hotel. Have dinner and settle in for the night. We have to wake early to get to the bird santuary. Birds from Northern Asia migrate there. ... Peacocks, owls, kingfishers, storks, cranes etc etc.

Catch you from Jaipur I hope. Till then .... Namaste !