The Garbage Tourism?..

Well, I just can not help avoid writing something about this. It's so Ironical that Most Indian Cities that are favorite Tourist Hangouts - are the Dirtiest! Be it Jaipur, Varanasi or even Delhi..

And, it makes me believe the Govt. (or say the Municipal Corporations of different Indian Cities) are deliberately keeping the cities 'Dirty'.. Probably they believe Most Tourists come to see this only. Well, if you Morons keep the cities clean they will click pictures of Forts & Monuments only and not the Garbage, Donkeys & Cows on the roads!..

I simply can not believe that the Garbage that I see the Municipal corporations of these cities don't see it! Are they blind? Are they so short of money that they can not have 'Dust Bins' placed at all those locations where in Garbage keeps collecting every day? Well, I do not think they are short of money - if they were, they would not be installing Grills on the roads & replacing them every now and then without any reason. Well the only reason could be that - they have their cut on every such contract.

So it all leaves me with the conclusion that - Indian Govt. believes that - Garbage, donkeys, Pigs & cows on the roads' is what attracts they Foreign Tourists. So they do their best to not clean it!

Jaipur, How to go about site seeing.. (My Expert Advice)

My foremost advice is not to get in to the Auto-Rickshaw-Site seeing Trap! Just avoid it. My second advice is that if you are an Avid photographer, spend at least 2-3 days there. The three forts Amer, Jaigarh & Nahargarh are worth a day and half between them. As a photographer do not hush your journey upwards towards the top of the hill and do not be eager to see the palace. Instead, walk slowly and explore the view and enjoy it.

To explore the City, you must walk around - and to do that you should map out your walking path. If you go by car, I would suggest parking your car near the Albert Hall museum and walk towards the Pink City. If you are going to use public transport, get an Auto from outside your hotel and ask him to drop you at Albert hall museum. Do not listen to Autowala if they ask you to visit any handloom/handicraft shops, if you do that you will be wasting your precious time. You can buy that stuff from anywhere in Jaipur anyways.

Once at the Albert hall museum, you may want to check the stuff in museum if you are a first-time. I don't find it exciting anymore. I would rather start my walk towards the Pink City, City Palace & Hawa Mahal etc. straight away.