After all the shopping and eating of Day 4, Day 5 started a little late at 8:30. We had our breakfast, got ready, packed our bags, said our goodbyes to Masi and Masaji and headed towards Delhi. The plan was to see Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, Amer Fort and Nahargarh Fort on the way.
Hawa Mahal is in the old city. We drove past it and took a few pictures. Next we stopped at the Jal Mahal for a few more pics and then headed towards the hills for Amer and Nahargarh Forts. On our way saw a man dressed in whites waving at us. It turned out that he was a guide named Birbal. We decided to take his services and took him in our car.
He took us first to Amer Fort. He first showed us the biggest Canon in the world, Jaivan, with a range of 22 miles. It has been fired only once till now, and that too for testing. Legend has it that man who fired it died due to the sound of the explosion. It has never been used again because the fort has never been attacked (no wonder). After this he showed us the museums and the different parts of the forts were Royals stayed at different time of the year. If I were to describe everything it would run into pages so I'll keep the descriptions out.
Next we headed to Nahargarh. Nahargarh Fort was constructed to keep a watch on Jaipur which had started growing towards the other side. The highlight of this Fort are the nine rooms constructed for the nine special Queens. The nine rooms were constructed in exactly the same way so that the Queens would not complain of partiality towards any one particular Queen.
We finally headed towards Delhi at 2:30 PM. We stopped for lunch in between and reached Delhi by 7 in the evening. In Delhi we would be staying at my in-law's place in Shalimar Bagh. Though we had just had a heavy lunch a couple of hours back we were greeted with more food. After giving our stomachs a little rest we headed to Netaji Subhash Place. We tried the Aloo Tikki at BTW there. Even though I've had Tikki at this place umpteen number of times, I can't seem to get enough of it. After the Tikki's we headed for some Kulfi. We had multiple flavours of Kulfi: Rose Petal, Black Currant, Sugarcane, Chiku and Kewra water.
We then headed back home, caught a few glimpses of the IPL match and headed towards our beds thus finishing Day 5 of the trip . Day 6 is one of the most anticipated days of the trip as we plan to go to Chandni Chowk on this day and taste all its delicacies. We might even visit Akshardham if time permits. Will keep you guys posted here.
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