Touch down in Delhi and on to Jaipur

So, we made it! Some of us worse for wear – I entered India with a whopping migraine, which was not exactly the way I wanted to kick things off! Oh well.

We spent the first night in Delhi and then headed off first thing in the morning for Jaipur – a 5-6 hour drive by bus. Here’s the crew looking excited for the trip to come. I’ll be curious to see how much we want to kill each other by the end of these 2 weeks ;)

Once we made it to Jaipur, we toured the city on our bus and visited the Jaipur City Palace. We were all pretty exhausted and it was like 95 degrees out but it was nice to get our first taste of India and the amazingly intricate architecture that you see in palaces across the country. The City Palace was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh during his reign and then added on to by succeeding rulers. A part of the Palace still makes home for the residence of the descendants of the former rulers of Jaipur. It’s really interesting to drive through the chaotic, crowded, dirty streets of Jaipur and then come upon this royal palace which seems just a bit out of place.

Before the night was over, we had an introductory dinner with some of the clients and then it was off to bed, completely exhausted and jetlagged!