Monday, February 2, 2026

Palaces and Temples of Rajasthan

We went to the majestic old palaces of Rajasthan.
There were real and non-real elephants.
There was glitzy glam and also local mustache art in the bar.
This is the prettiest building, however many people agreed and got in the way of our picture.
Artsy palace shots, obviously:
We also went to Ranakpur, an ancient Jain temple, which looks like this.
We got audioguides that failed to teach us about the Jain religion beyond the following facts.
1) You should wear a facemask to avoid inhaling bugs.
2) You can't eat root vegetables because it might harm micro critters.
3) Each of the columns in Ranakpur is unique
4) The carved corner animals have strange numbers of appendages.
We stayed on the (man made) lake in Udaipur, and gazed upon the island palace like this, rather than going to the local rooftops.
Barry took a good picture for the cover of his next album.
And also found his new favourite frindly gas company.