Above Jaipur

Photo by Eileen Breseman

The rain comes at first like a welcome mist, faint droplets on our overheated skin. Sometimes it fades back away; sometimes it builds to a squall.

The first faint droplets catch us as we enter Nahagarh Fort. We’ve hiked up the hill from Jaipur’s old city in the morning, despite our tuk tuk driver’s advice.

“I will take you there, but I don’t want you to feel misled by me. This is a sunset place for viewing the…