It's quarter to 3 now and I still have 2 hours of waiting before I can go to the bus station for my ride to Jaipur. Waiting sucks.
This morning I went back to the fort and checked out the Jain temples - a series of seven connected temples in the middle of the fort itself. I was hoping that this might kill a few hours, but they were much smaller than I expected and only took 30 mins to see.
After that it was just walking around the markets; fun I'd you plan to buy something, but boring if you don't intend to spend money. I did cave and buy a phone and sim card for an "in case of emergency" kind of thing, but the rest of the time has just been waiting...soon to be followed by sitting.
* for anyone who wants to buy a card and phone in India, it's easy difficult. The phone is no problem and can be bought at a bevy of shops ranging from $3-100s of dollars. The real pain is the sim - the card which locks you into one of Indias mobile networks. To get the sim you must present a copy of your passport, a photo of yourself, as well as a reciept from your hotel. Without even one of these the shop won't sell to you. Fortunately, they're easy to get. Just annoying to find.
Sim cards are availible at all phone shops and most corner stores and Internet cafes. The best two networks are vodaphone and airtel, which apparently have great range over the entire country. Airtel seems to be the best plan, with the Sim and 100 ruppes of talk time costing 500 ruppees. After those minutes have expired, you can top up with cards ranging from 200-1000 rupees.
Even with a lot of wifi options out there, you might find that a phone is a good thing to have.
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