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Night time at the Bapu Bazar

Bangles are EVERYWHERE and sold in blocks of 15.

Bangles are EVERYWHERE and sold in blocks of 15.

View from the backseat of a rickshaw -- taken while our driver ran a personal errand

View from the backseat of a rickshaw -- taken while our driver ran a personal errand

All the buildings in the old city of Jaipur are made of pink sandstone. This material was used because it had less reflection under the sun. The old city is quite large and seems to be walled all around, with elaborate gates to pass through. “New city” buildings can be of any colour.One of the gates to the old --pink -- City..

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Traffic Madness in Jaipur

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Random elephant outside our Jaipur supplier

TONS more pictures available at http://picasaweb.google.com/kathie.mclaughlin/India2009#

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