Took a car from the castle to the midway bus terminal. Waited for awhile until the others caught up to us. Took a 2nd class bus the rst of the way to jaipur. Got out at the wrong station, on the outskirts of town instead of the center. Had to deal with obnoxious touters and rickshaw drivers while we got our bearings. Finally arranged a couple of drivers to take us the 7 km to our accommodations. Our rickshaw driver was even crazier than most, hooting and squeaking through his red paan stained teeth, looking back at us periodically to confirm the girls’ fear and my amazement… Nearly hit a guy in the street, who didn’t seem as surprised as we were, and then skid up to the dusty road in front of our pre-arranged guest house. We ended up lodging across the street for half the price and almost as nice a place.

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