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Day 98: Jaipur, India

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 Jaipur is known as the Pink City

Day 97: Jaipur, India

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 Visited the 300 year old Amber Fort, rode elephant

Day 96: Agra to Jaipur, India

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 Drive today. Stop arFatehpur Sikri a World Heritage Site:  Royal Palace and temple built by first Moghul emperor in 1500’s

Day 95: Agra, India

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 The Taj Mahal

Day 94: Cochin and New Delhi India

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 Arrive in Cochin, disembark, go thru immigration, transfer to airport, fly to Delhi, meet our driver, sightsee at India Gate in the city 1) Sunrise over air polluted Cochin, 2) arrival greeting, 3) the forehead dot, 4) Delhi airport greeting, 5) India Gate, 6) fountain at India Gate

Day 93: At Sea headed for India

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 Where to next?  Leaving ship tomorrow 3/27 for independent travel in India.  Fly from Kochi (Cochin) to Delhi, be driven to Agra (Taj Mahal), driven to Jaipur, fly to Mumbai (Bombay) and fly to Mauritius to rejoin ship on 4/2.

Day 92: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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 Sights around the city: Bronze goddess on a peacock, a snake charmer, the Red Mosque, more and more Buddhas, the rocket ship temple, a stuffed elephant and the Indian Ocean

Day 91: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Not much here.  Went to tea plantation where elderly women pluck tea leaves for 8 hours a day.  Colombo Lotus Tower at night  

Day 90: At Sea in Bay of Bengal (2 0f 2)

 While at sea sharing a final video from Bali

Day 89: At Sea bound for Sri Lanka (day 1 of 2)

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 Going back to Singapore, our night out at the famous Raffles Hotel 1. Front of Hotel by day (notice Sheikh only doormen 2. Doorman closeup 3. Garden in middle of building 4. The famous Long Bar 5. Drinking Singapore Sling ($38 each-Viking paid) 6.outside