AIDS WALK KC in India 2009

There were some bumps along the way in getting my team to the AIDS Walk on the 25th of April. Due to conditions in Dlehi where I am staying, we decided to move the walk to Jaipur which is 5 1/2 hours away. This allowed for us only to have myself, Anthony Williams and my friends Tofiq and Ajit.
Since we were unable to accomodate all people in the actual walk, we did a karate class the night before. IT was wonderful to share with our friends in India our passion for karate. It also enabled discussions about AIDS in India, and the problems they have. My friend Nitin told me that there is an AIDS organization here called H.E.L.P. I'm hoping next week to visit this place, but premission needs to be asked from the orgainization.
On to the walk. The reason we picked Jaipur is that there are massive forts to see, and people that live there. Jaipur was a state filled with Royals. There are 3 major forts in Jaipur, and we visited them all. Jaipur is also the home to the largest sun dial in the world.

This is the city of Jaipur as seen from the Naharagarh Fort:

The first for we visite was the Amber Fort. Anthony and I took an elephant ride to the fort, and met the rest of our team up there. It was a wonderfully scenic trip up to the fort. The entrace to Amber Fort was decorated with paint made from vegetables, and therefore doesn't fade. This fort was used as a defense system, and also as the main residence for the Kachawas rulers. On the way out of the fort we came up a snake charmer. It was pretty cool.

When we left the Amber fort we took the mountainess journey to Jaigarh fort (victory fort). On the way up we saw a ton of monkeys which was awesome. At the top of the fort was a massive cannon, and we met some new people there.

At Jaigarh Fort we stop to take a picture of the team. That's Ajit, Anthony, and Tofiq. I decided to take a walk down the wall. They call this wall that surrounds the fort a mini wall of China.

From there we went to the third fort Naharagarh (tiger fort). This fort was used by the rulers of the Amber and Jaipur as a summer home. It's a beautiful fort that is undergoing major restoration.

We finished the tour of Jaipur at the worlds largest sundial. It is accurate with in 2 seconds. Here also lies mini sundials housing all the zoidac signs.

Jaipur is a city with in the State of Jaipur. To finish up the walk we went to a place that resembles our Ren Fest. The one thing that I wanted to do this trip was to ride a camal, and was afforded the opportunity to do so here. It was a great place, and we were able to soke in how the Rajastany people use to live. There were carnival rides, and women doing traditional dance. They put large vases on their heads and danced around on top of swords and glass. Now those are some tough walking feet.

My AKKA Karate USA team has reported back to me telling me what a wonderful time they had at the walkin KC. Although Anthony and I weren't able to participate with our team in KC, I hope that you can see we had a good time our walk accross India. It was nice to bring my passion of AIDS Walk Kansas City to my friends here in India.