Oddly Jaipur seems a lot cleaner the second time around, maybe because we have come from Jodhpur which was really dirty. This time we are searching out some of the lesser known attractions.. To start we visited the Brahmin mirror temple, a plain building from the outside but hugely impressive inside with supposedly 9 million mirrors, we didn't try counting them. We also visited the the Tiger fort, a steep 2km climb up a winding path giving superb view of the sprawling chaos of Jaipur. As time was not pressing we were able to walk around the bazaars and take in what we missed last time around.
Brahmin mirror temple
Brahmin mirror temple
Brahmin mirror temple
Brahmin mirror temple
Brahmin mirror temple, yes that's Linda chatting up one of the locals in the background.
Some of those many mirrors.
The swastika is as most will know a deeply religious symbol which was tainted by Hitler during the era of the 1st & 2nd world wars. 
Brahmin mirror temple
A rare short of the two of us, this time on the way up to the Galta temple otherwise known as both the Monkey temple and the Sun Temple. This tends to confuse the tuk tuk drivers as they only seem to know it as the Monkey temple.
Monkey, Galta or Sun .. you chose. 
Galta Temple
Jaipur city gate ( one of many )
The long and steep path to the Nahargarh Fort (also known as the Tiger Fort ! )
Nahargarh Fort from Govind Devji Gardens Jaipur.
Bathing Ghat Nahargarh Fort 
Linda, after she scaled the fort walls to sneak in without paying .. 
Small Temple inside the fort walls.
Nahargarh Fort view from the ramparts.
Linda struggling up the steep rampart wall path.. 
The encroaching desert, a great place for a chat...
More bathing ghats inside the fort complex.
Nahargarh Fort Palace.
Nahargarh Fort Palace.
Nahargarh Fort Palace.
Nahargarh Fort Palace.
Oh deep joy, now we have to walk all the way down again...
Final views of Jaipur .
Next blog should be Amritsar if we manage to catch the correct overnight train.
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