India

Viewed from this overlook, the Zenana (women's quarters) is the fourth courtyard in the fort. The rooms were designed so that the maharaja could make his nocturnal visits to wives…

it's kind of hard to see them, but there are two monkeys sitting in princely fashion on opposite sides of each other in each of these two bell towers. Just…

this place is mind spinning - it's a collection of 19 astronomical instruments including the world's largest stone sundial. What makes it doubly amazing is the accuracy of these various…

beauty defined by cultural architecture at its best

this is probably the most elaborate of Jai Singh's projects - it has 19 geometric shaped instruments designed to measure the position and distance of extraterrestrial bodies. My favorite: twelve…

One of the many street entertainers outside the City Palace. The City Palace is enclosed and remains a royal residence and administrative headquarters for the rulers of Jaipur. Street entertainers…

There are guards within the City Palace who stand at the arched gateways to every courtyard. My guide made me stand with them so that he could take a photo…

They bus tourists to a courtyard that has a non-Indian DJ blaring music and costumed men walking around ready to pose for selfies for a small fee.  I went at…

This was one of the guys who greets you as you walk down this path to the courtyard where the version of Holi Festival for tourists is performed. Getting the…

As I was leaving a hotel's holi festival for tourists, this guy tried to strong arm me into staying. Told him he should "get a grip" figuratively rather than literally...…