Back in Delhi town

this is the second time in the last 5 days that i get to say 'back in Delhi...again'! getting quite used to that line and i must say that everytime i say it, i do feel less and less aggrevated about being back in Delhi town. Now moving on passed feelings and emotions towards a city that has had its ups and downs, i am feeling fairly certain that you are all wondering as to how my three day trip to Agra and Jaipur was!
Well let me give it straight to you it was nothing short of spectacular ; )!.... with a slight downside of having to travel about a total of 700km in a car (around 11 hours)! Now there is so much to say about everything but ill try to give you the good parts.

Agra: It all started out with a 3 hour car ride from Delhi to Agra, where the most spectacular event was my first sight of a Cobra and it wasnt pretty. So as we were going on the road, we finally had to stop so that the driver could pay some tax fees or something, and to no ones surprise there were of course people there trying to sell stuff or get money for having backflipping monkeys and as i would find out cobras! Now as soon as we stoped, and everyone saw that we were foreign, they stormed our car. So being my first instinct, i rolled up my window only to find people hanging in through the drivers window across from me trying to sell jewlery. After 5 minutes had past and without them getting the point of us not being interested, i decided to stretch over to roll up the window. Now during this i heard a knock on my window and a voice saying '50 rupees for picture sir'... and being tired of seeing the monkeys outside my window i was dead set on showing a solid face with the intent of showing my tiredness of their constant tries to hussle... sopmething which quite frankly didnt work as the only thing i saw was a full sized black cobra standing up out of a straw box with its face against the window staring straight at me... now guess what my face looked like!
Well arrived in Agra we went straight for the sunset view of one of the most magnificent symbols of love ever made... The TAJ MAHAL, a building dedicated by a scorn husband after his wifes death. It was incredible, Picture Perfect.... and that is why it is the most photographed building or piece of archtecture in the world! after seeing the Taj for 2 hours during sunset, we went to a shop where they show how they made it and how they make the small details which it embodies. And having seen that, no wonder it took 20,000 workers, 22 years to finish it!

Jaipur: So after a night in Agra we had an early morning 4 hour drive to Jaipur, also known as the pink city, that is the home of world renowned textile markets and factories along with its surrounding fort and high stone wall. Now after such an intense start i thougt we would chill a bit ... but that as i have come to know with mikalea and emma was a no go. We started straight off with going to a monkey palace which lay high up on the surrounding hills which enclosed the city, something which meant that we had to walk up quite a bit in the burning Rajastani(Indian state with jaipur as its capital) desert sun! Boy was i boiling after this, leaving us no other option than to go cool down in the small little stores on the main market street of old Jaipur, where they really dont know how to deal, starting with a price of 9oo rupees only to drop down to 100 and eventuall 50rupees as you walk out! They would also, among with doing everything to keep you in the store, do everything to get you in it by getting right up in your face wit whatever they were selling and say 'i get you good price' or 'looking is free, i am your friends'. Now i didnt get anything, but the girls definetly did and by the time we left today, after 2 days in jaipur, they had a whole new size to their luggage!
Now after the market we headed for dinner, followed by some shut eye at the hotel, which was interupted TWICE! by the midnight and morning prayers shoutning out over the city! After waking up we had a big breakfast and then a speedy journey for the ever important amber fort, which was b-e-a-utiful! and hey, i had my first elephant ride here, going up to the top of the fort!
Now at the fort along with the monkey palace i also saw my second and third cobra! Continuing on, we headed for a quick snapp of the water palace situated out on the lake followed by my lonely visit to the city palace as i was the only one eager to go as mikaela and emma could only think of shopping... which to no ones surprise we did afterwards... and to tell you the truth, i almost bought silk bed sheets for a future apartment! Continuing on with my speedy repeat of the weeks adventure, we shortly after headed for the henna place where the girls got their hands done before we went back to the hotel for dinner and some rajastani traditional dancing! I must say it was very cool! and ill post a video along with all myphotos when i meet my dad in thailand on sunday and finally get my hands on a reliable computer!
Now to my sincerest apology i must go socialize with emma and mikaela and carl axel, whom we're staying with on swedish soil!

all the best