Picto Diary - 19, 20 January 2017 - Jaipur
Above: Fish tank. Taj Santacruz Hotel. Mumbai, India. 19 January 2017.
Above: Courtyard. Rambagh Palace Hotel. Jaipur, India. 19 January 2017.
Above: Outrageous usurpation of space! Rambagh Palace Hotel. Jaipur, India. 20 January 2017.
My one black toiletries bag to TIMDT'S four! Unfair. She always gets her way and I have to give in.
Above: Driver KV stands by fully restored, 1986 Hindustan Ambassador Car. Rambagh Palace Hotel. Jaipur, India. 20 January 2017.
Pronounced: hindustanamBASSadorcar, as if one word.
Travel Scope India's contracted guy here in Jaipur owns it. and provided it for my use this AM.
TIMDT and Mwah (sic) owned a 1972 model Hindustan Ambassador Car (all three words must be pronounced) during our three year stint in India in the early '70's.
TIMDT and Mwah (sic) will never forget our drive in our Hindustan Ambassador Car from Delhi to Nanital (hill station in Himalaya foothills) in 1972. No driver. I was driver. We were hopelessly lost... ended up on a dirt path in a field in rural Haryana. The land owner, a well heeled Sikh, came up, somewhat amazed to see us. He made a minor repair on our car, gave us good directions and sent us on our way. His directions were good. I had the best shower in history at that Nanital hotel that evening. No water saver. Phoebe, 2, was with us.
After a 50 year long production run, making of the Hindustan Ambassador Car (factory tool and die was for the old UK Morris Oxford) ceased just a couple of years ago.
Above; Embossed, brass door handles. Hindustan Ambassador Car restoration. 20 January 2017 Rambagh Palace Hotel. Jaipur, India.
Above (two images) Jaipur Literature Festival. Jaipur, India. 20 January 2017.
Bishop goes to world's largest book festival (by attendance).
American poet, Ann Waldman talks about beat generation poet Alan Ginsburg and writer Jack Kerouac.
Waldman also disses Trump. "US is returning to the Confederacy."
More anti Trump comments:
English playwright Sir David Hare: "It is impossible to satirize Donald Trump because he is self satirized. He always comes as a joker, he says Jews run the world, Jews run the financial system..."
Paul Beatty, 2016 Man Booker recipient: Asked if he was going to watch the inauguration, he replied, " Yeah, I don't l now if I'll laugh or cry...I don't know what I'm gonna do...I once realized that when that atomic mushroom cloud is in the sky, I wanna get a good view"
Bishop loved the festival, especially the anti Trump comic relief.
As a lover of books, Bishop (Citibank Florida CEO) was one of the founding organizers of the Miami Book Fair in 1987.
Jaipur festival had great bookstore. Bishop, true to form, bought three books.
There were several thousand people (including numerous students) milling around the festival today. 7 pavilions, each seating 200 or more people, simultaneously housing author presentations.
India rising.
Above: Vijay Singh (left) owner Rajputana Customs, with TIMDT and Abey, our Jaipur handler. Jaipur, India. 20 January 2017.
Pictured bike is work in progress custom Royal Enfield. Vijay started with the basic Bullet 500 cc, thumper motor then designed and specked out the build to be accomplished by his eight artisan employees.
Above: Custom fabricated Damascus steel motorcycle brake handle, with Koftgari silver inlay. Rajputana Customs, Jaipur, India. 20 January 2017.
Part of a custom cruiser built around a new Harley motor.
Rajputana Customs does serious work and has attracted attention from serious motorcycle collectors around the world, including Willy G. Davidson.
Addendum:
Great pictures thanks for sharing
La Psy,
Los Angeles, CA
Steve,
Does your recommendation, below the last photograph, also apply to F-350s?
You can never have too many Ducatis!
AhnRhee, Larkspur, CA
F350 is grandfathered.
Be careful Steve!!
I tried the 'eat-a-chilli for $20' thing on Yuya and the little bugger DID!!!
Malc, Tokyo, Japan
My son challenged his nephew, my grandson, to eat a whole chili from a Chinese dish. He did! And, learned his lesson. He did get $5.00.