Jaipur... it's growing on us!

We have taken our first Indian train trip, a train from Delhi which landed us in Jaipur at midnight - eek! We shared a train booth with a beautiful old couple, who had been visiting their son in Nagaland, and had already been on the train for 2 straight days, with 6 hours left to their home in Jaipur. The old lady spoke no English, but had the most gorgeous face and manner, and looked like a Naga tribal woman. The man chatted to us about cricket (we're learning a lot about cricket in India!!) and offered us his papers to read. They were delightful, and as they left the woman farewelled us with "goodnight" - her only word of English the whole way. They hopped off the train into the pitch black one stop before us - very brave for 85 years old! Arrived in Delhi, and managed to get a rickshaw to take us to the right place, only to discover there was no room at the Inn!! So out to the stables for us... well not quite, but not the room we were expecting. After some terse words at our original hotel informing them that we had already paid for the room, they managed to scrounge around to find a room for us at a neighbouring hotel. It is busy season in Jaipur!! We got a bit of a vibe for how Mary and Joseph felt!

Despite feeling a bit down on Jaipur (it did have an eery feeling on arrival despite the hotel debacle!), the morning sunshine showed a brighter, happier place, with a view from our room of kids all around Jaipur flying their kites from their roof tops. We've had a slow morning sitting in a park, and catching our breath and finding our feet, and now time to find our accommodation at Saharia Organic Farm (www.sahariaorganicresort.com) for some retreat. We're feeling a bit weary and ready for a bit of down time after Delhi and Christmas combined! Happy New Year all - enjoy the NYE celebrations (who knows what we'll be doing!!).