The trip begins in Mumbai, the Gateway of India. Built in 900 to accommodate a king, has gone down in history for saying goodbye to the last British governor. The best show in town may be enjoyed from the rooms of the Taj Mahal Palace. From the windows overlooking the bay, as well as throughout the city. A modern mid town mid nineteenth century, still intact with the marks of its day.
Rajasthan, one of the most magical India. A trip to Rajasthan, in fact, represents the collective encounter with India, India told by travelers from thepast centuries. That of novelists who you are settling their stories, despite being the last to believe that such a place actually existed. Probably what happens today. It starts with doubts and fantasies, except to discover that it's all true. The real Marajah with jeweled turbans. True stories of people who were weighing the sound of precious stones. True stories of war with cutlass between his teeth. True tales of caravans. True, or at least plausible.
The city of Jaipur, a place with endless charm, built in the shape of square, as a symbol of stability. The town was originally divided into nine districts, two of which receive central barracks and administrative buildings. Today it is famous for its pink color, but originally was multicolored.
The red rust, applied in 1883, was chosen as a color to welcome the views of English monarchs. Once in Jaipur the impression of having arrived in the real India, the sari color and women. If Jaipur is the Pink City, Jodhpur is known as the city "blue" for the typical color of its houses. Several centuries ago, the Brahmins of the town houses painted this color, after discovering that mosquitoes away. And the journey continous to several cities of India.
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