No journey through India could be complete without a description of Ganesh. The 4 armed elephant head God that brings good luck and prosperity is everyone’s favorite. This was an advertisement inside the palace museum for a nearby exhibition. I felt more than a little Ganshish after all the eating we did!

A little mirrored opulence counter pointed with the utensils for the kitchen – but this was the kitchen for food for the God’s preparation.

The ornamental doors on the left were sculptured in 3D relief – about 6 inches (15cm) deep. The peacock was made of millions of glazed tiles; peacocks and monkeys roam wild every where, just like the cows.

Now this would have to be the world’s most uncomfortable rug. It is literally studded with gems. Lapis, Turquoise, garnets, tourmaline, coral, low grade star rubies, amethyst, pearls and mabe’ pearls and more!

After a scary bus ride back to the train, we ate, slept and jumped back on the bus for the last day touring. We began with a rickshaw bicycle ride through Bharatpur bird park with a nice young guide with sharp eyes and binoculars supplied. This too was meant to be covered in water – but they only had about 10% coverage from pumped ground water. (I did put a couple of birds from the Tiger park here too, and note on the left the jackal.)