Jaipur Elephant Festival - 28 February 2010

Well, hopeless for Virgin to turn Julie away. All the advice i received here in India is that if she had managed to get to Delhi, she would have been fine. We have usually been very happy with Virgin, just this once they did not behave as I would have expected. Anyway, a useful warning to all the seasoned travellers who come with us.

Well missing Julie, but managing to take a few photos. Jaipur at this time of year is amazing. It is about 30 degrees but with a dry heat ... perfect. The Elephant festival is the day before Holi. While I was a little concerned that the Elephant festival was just for tourists; it is really for the Indians. Amazing scenes with 95 Elephants parading around. Painted trunks, tails and toenails!



The guys riding the Elephants (and there are no Woman, aside from a token bride) are performers. As you can see, this one was throwing flowers in the air, riding an elephant and looking pretty cool. However the dancers were also very impressive with their skills.



Even the toes of some of the Elephants were painted. In this case a rose pink from Chanel



Why do I like India so much? Just about everyone likes having their photo taken. Combine that with the colour and food and it is a place that is hard to beat.



Finally, I will leave that to the Elephants ....



Adam