Jaipur's old city, where our hotel room overlooked a chaotic and noisy open air market, ran from early morning to late at night, and was watched over by hordes of monkeys running along the rooftops. Kites dotted the skies in the evening, while the drone of sunset call-t0-prayer competed with the honking of cars and taxis.
Amber Fort, set high above the city, is pretty much accessible only by elephant. The dozens of elephants marched tail-to-trunk up the wide street, past the local photographers who would snap the tourists' pictures, and have them ready for sale by the end of your visit.
Nearby is the "floating palace," which regularly becomes inaccessible when the lake in which it's located rises with the monsoon rains.
The ubiquitous camel cart. Camels, goats, and men are the beasts of burden here.
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