Thieving monkeys

Jaipur,11-12-1993. Occasionally I have this feeling of deja vulike yesterday at Nahagarh Fort. I could actually still feel the taste of the Godfather Super delux Strong Indian brewed bootle of beer I drank up there almost 5 years ago. I decided to repead the action. Today at Amber Fort and Amber Palace I particularly remembered the thieving monkeys. Gonig around on a bike in India is big fun but the chaotic trafic forces one to be extremely carefull. The roads are full with Indian made Ambassador taxies, scooters, ox- and camel drawn cars, Enfield motorbikes, rickshaw drivers and all of that "made in India stuff". At Amber Palace the well-to-do Indian middle class families like to show off to their poorer and lower class country folks dressed up in suits, with playfull English-colonial behaviour, expensive jewelry, camaras and video equipment. they take the elefant rides arond Amber Palace which seems to gfive them great fun.