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<\/a>The broom is a different model than we’re used to seeing. \u00a0Trident Hotel in Jaipur<\/p>\nThe drive to Delhi is mostly done on a decent road, six lanes at least.\u00a0 The truck traffic is heavy, much more than anything we\u2019ve experienced previously.\u00a0 Laksme says it’s the main road for commerce to pass from Delhi to Mumbai.\u00a0 Anything for Delhi that comes into the port at Mumbai has to be trucked.<\/p>\n There is an election today in the state of Rajasthan, of which Jaipur is the capital.\u00a0 It\u2019s for state leaders.\u00a0 All the businesses and tourist venues are closed.\u00a0 As we\u2019re driving out of town, we see several places where people are voting.\u00a0 It looks like the polling is done with pen & paper.<\/p>\n Laksme pulls over at one place where there are lots of monkeys on the roadside.\u00a0 He says this is a \u201cwildlife area\u201d.\u00a0 Many hindu people come here to feed the monkeys for some type of good luck.<\/p>\n We made a halfway stop at a cute little combo restaurant\/gift shop.\u00a0 I noticed several similar places within a few miles of this one.<\/p>\n As we get closer to town the traffic gets even heavier.\u00a0 We spot the first tall buildings we\u2019ve seen since we\u2019ve been in India.\u00a0 Our Delhi hotel has been near the airport, which is outside of the main part of Delhi.\u00a0 We haven\u2019t seen the Central Business District where there are bound to be many larger buildings.\u00a0 We just haven\u2019t been close enough to see.<\/p>\n We get checked into our hotel around 1:30pm, collecting the two extra bags we stored before we left Delhi on Sunday.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad we weren\u2019t trying to haul them with us on our short hop flights Sunday & Monday.\u00a0 It would have been real interesting dealing with them on the train from Jhansi to Agra.\u00a0We created only one problem by leaving some bags behind. My extra underwear didn\u2019t get into our traveling bags, requiring several sink laundry sessions.\u00a0 With good blow dryers, I was in good shape.<\/p>\n The rest of the day was spent looking ahead at our Thailand activites.\u00a0 I\u2019m constantly working to monitor our budget (for information more than anything else).\u00a0 Tomorrow I\u2019ll need to exchange our remaining Indian rupees back into US dollars.\u00a0 I\u2019m also trying to catch up the blog.<\/p>\n Judy is working on our bags, making sure we can meet the weight limits.\u00a0 We were close to peak when we flew into Rome.\u00a0 We\u2019ve made several purchases as we\u2019ve traveled, so we\u2019re pushing it.\u00a0 We can probably make the international limits on the Delhi\/Bangkok flight.\u00a0 Our two short hop domestic flights in Thailand from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, and later to Phuket have lower limits.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be interesting how we do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Laksme is scheduled to pick us up at 9:00am for the drive back to Delhi.\u00a0 He says it will take 6 hours.\u00a0 We have a leisurely breakfast and take care of several things on the internet, since the connection is … Continue reading <\/a>Doorman at the hotel. \u00a0Doormen at several of our hotels have looked like this.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a>\u00a0Many of the trucks are decorated.<\/a>Check out the front of this truck.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Didn’t open the window to take pictures. \u00a0Thought we might pick up an unwelcome passenger.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0How many riders on this motorcycle?<\/p>\n<\/a>Some added decorations.<\/p>\n<\/a>Some of the Delhi hotel Christmas decor.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n