The Jal Mahal Palace (Water Palace) was built as a retreat for the royal family in the late 18th century.
It was just a quick photo stop for us, and we couldn't resist more photos of perambulating pachyderms in passing.
People, cows, pigs, monkeys - new, exotic, and sometimes even disturbing sights everywhere we looked.
One of the monkeys had been riding around on the pig for awhile, but by the time we took the photo he'd hopped down. What a grandkid-pleaser that shot would have been.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.