Day 15- Megan

It was an early morning for dad, Joanna and I after Christmas night movies, as we wanted to get to Amber fort before the big crowds. Mum and David decided to give the early morning for adventure a miss and met us at the old city at midday because David was still recovering. So our taxi driver took us out to Amber fort, and we were mesmerised. Now I'm sure you're all thinking but there are so many forts in India I'm sure the Laxons would get a bit bored... Oh no.. This fort was stunning and more like an outdoor palace. There was a huge amount of elephants taking tourists up to the gate, which made it even more exciting for photos. When we got inside there were constant photo oppertunities from vast views of the lake, to majestically structured archways and my favourite... The jewel detailing of the walls, which is Rajasthan's specialty. I got very excited and ended up getting lost for a few minutes because Joanna and dad would move on while I was taking photos. (It is important to get the right lighting and angle, then after you've done that you need to pull out your phone to take a few pictures for Instagram and the blog). 

After exploring all the tunnels and arch ways, Joanna decided it was time to leave as the boredom was sinking in. We went to meet mum and david- david was feeling much better, you can tell when he's recovered because he goes back to annoying us again. Anyway we decided to visit the city palace, which was more recently built in the 17th century it was also very beautiful but didn't have the great views like Amber fort. We saw the biggest piece of silver in the world which the king would use to carry his water in when he visited England so he didn't have to drink their dirty water- we thought this was a little ironic since indian water is quite dirty, however in the 17th century Britain's water was probably of a worse standard. Then we visited the textiles museum and the weapons museum- there was one weapon which looked like an ordinary dagger but when you stabbed the opponent you could split the dagger into two, in order to split the person in two( imagine garden shears then you will get the general idea) 

After our sightseeing dad took us on a "walk" ( more like a hike) through the old city to the indian coffee  house which was a very cute place, where our lunch came to a total of about $7 nz dollars... Not bad. After an exhausting morning dad and us girls decided to go back and relax and mum and david decided to stay in town and check out the observetry. Then we headed out to nibs cafe for dinner which is famous for their chocolate deserts.