Friday Feb 8 Lucille and I are really getting brave

My chills are gone, but I now have what we are all calling “tuk-tuk cough.” It is probably caused by a combination of driving around in horrible congested traffic, in a little open 3 wheeler, a very dusty city and the weather being really chilly.

Our first stop was the Anokhi Fabric museum. We didn’t realize that it was past the Amber fort. This was a loooong tuk-tuk ride. Raj said that it would cost a little more than the normal 50 Rs an hour.

As we got to the fort, I made Raj stop so that I could take pictures of the elephant caravan.

The fabric museum was really great. I can now see what the block print fabric is supposed to look like. We were very interested to see that the print, color and trim were used to denote occupation, age, caste, & marital status. Much of it was timeless.

One thing that we have noticed here. The helmet law seems to be that the motorcycle driver must were one, but that passengers are on their own.

After visiting the Anokhi museum, we went to the Anokhi store. We have found heaven in Jaipur. There was a real coffee shop. They guarantee that they have “safe salad.” They grow their own organically and wash it in bottled water. We both had soup, a really great sandwich with hummus, tomatoes & basil and a real salad.

The store was really good too, lovely things that were a really good price. Downstairs was a good bookstore. I think that we met everyone we knew there.

We went out for dinner with Felicia and Gary to Spice Court. They had kebabs (lamb that was a little pink) and other tasty stuff. They also had dancing girls:

This girl finally had 7 pots balanced on her head. It is hard to balance a tall stack of pots and wiggle your butt at the same time!

An enjoyable evening and home to bed.