A Breezy Sunrise and Mystic Sunset in the Pink City
Whenever anyone asks me where they should go on their first trip , I will always have the same answer: Rajasthan . It is the state that conforms to our exotic preconceptions of India: turbans, lakes, palaces, forts, snake charmers, mahouts, and maharajas. For me, visiting Rajasthan was love at first sight. I fell head-over-heels for the sunshine and lights (, later with the architecture and miniature paintings, sunrise, majestic forts, hippie cafes, daal bati and particular serenity that infuses the place, especially around sunset. It was a fine but normal day of November and I just came from the office. I was thinking of a quick getaway and a sudden thought of chasing sunshine and sunsets from Nahargarh Fort prompted me to book overnight train to Jaipur. And here comes the most difficult part of arranging the two wheeler in the morning as I was reaching Jaipur station at morning 5:30 a.m and also I wanted to roam around the city for that day so I wanted to avoid any sort of taxi/cab