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8. Back to Europe
Jaipur -
Quetta -
Teheran -
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Jaipur - at work
After having lived on the “Roof of the World” for seven months I was now back in the Indian lowlands. In Gorakhpur I walked from the central bus station to the railway station, passing the Tourist-Information. I threw some dirty looks at the deceiver but he just laughed at me. It was not possible to book a seat in such a short time and I was expecting the worst. The train to Delhi was three hours late – a common thing I found out later. It was packed with people and I saw a Brahman lying down on a bench thus occupying three seats. I was quite disgusted with this kind of behaviour and told him to get up and make room; I am not a Hindu and I do not pay attention to this degrading system of “classification”. To the astonishment of my fellow travellers he actually got up and made room for me and a mother with her baby. There was some low-key laughter all round and my action was greeted with high approval and respect.
In the Tourist-Camp I met Giuliano and Anna from Rome who were travelling back to Italy the following morning. They gave me their address just in case my uncertain journey would bring me there. Next morning I took the bus to Jaipur to buy a few precious stones and silver ware. I knew the city from my travels to and from Pushkar, due to the freight I was carrying at that time however, I had been in somewhat of a hurry.
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Jaipur - Victory Tower
Photo by Peter Engelhardt
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Peter Engelhardt
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Water hyacinths
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Sehvermögen
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Amber Fort
Photos by Sehvermögen
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Lapis lazuli with Chinese porcelain shard
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