Rafael Sanchez
Walk with Elephants
When we went to the Amber fort we were offered the possibility of riding an elephant, but our rickshaw driver recommended we wait because being a tourist site the tour was not going to be very long and it would also be expensive. What we did was wait and a few miles on from a small town there is amber, and outside the city where they raise elephants, there is paint for ceremonies and festivals for tourists, in an area where you do not find any tourists and you get around the village for a price of around 200 rupees per head, nothing like the Amber fort. Elephant riding was a curious experience
But I had the feeling that I was being quite cruel to this magnificent beast and would not wish to undertake this particular experience a second time for fear of causing any permanent damage.
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