In the bazaar we came across these ladies and a gent patiently threading marigolds and roses onto thread to make the garlands used in the temples when offerings are being made and when people are welcomed as we were at the start of our trip. The man gave me a rose to smell – it had the most beautiful scent I’ve ever known in a flower.

Shopping completed, it was time to return to the hotel. Instead of taking a minibus we all piled into three tuk tuks for a more traditional journey through the streets of Jaipur! It’s certainly more smelly, more noisy and quite hairy at times as the tuk tuks, cars, buses and scooters all vye for the space! But you can’t come to Jaipur and not have a ride in a tuk tuk!