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Posted by Chandelao Garh, a beautifully restored 300 year old fort, is now an awesome hotel located in a small village in Rajasthan. My mom loves great architecture. I was fortunate enough to have stayed in The Carriage Room where they stored the horses and the carriages years ago.
Next door is a center called Sunder Rang, an arts program that gives the ladies in the village a place to gather and make all sorts of beautiful crafts. Everest and I spent some time there. We made colorful and creative anklets and button necklaces.
We did so many amazing things while we were in Chandelao. We went on a trip to a nearby village where they do the block printing on fabric.
While we were looking for the block printing factory a group of kids started following us. At one point we stopped to look at an adorable baby goat and I saw that about 30 or more children were behind us.
We arrived in Agra after the long train ride from Varanasi. The hotel we stayed was awesome there were surreys and a huge swimming pool, an air hockey table, billiards, and lots of children’s books. I read 2 Nancy Drew books. One was called Into Thin Air and the other was A Dressing for Disaster. I would highly recommend both for people who like mysteries.
We went sightseeing at the baby Taj and the Agra Fort. The Agra Fort was where the builder of the Taj Mahal was imprisoned by his son who wanted to rule so bad that he killed his three brothers and imprisoned his dad just to rule a small part of India. Then we for a midnight swim and a game of air hockey.
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