Jaipur – It’s A Small World

Hotel Abinandhan, 100 Rs

It has been about a week I am travelling with a Malaysian female journalist, Lam Li. I met her a month ago in Kathmandu, and we had been together for quite a while. Since her arrival in New Delhi, she had been attacked by the annoying stomach problems, and we even were together when the bombs blast in Delhi.

Today we were also together visiting the Amber fort, about 12 km away from the Jaipur Old City. And it was so interesting to listen to her travel plan. Yesterday we watched movie together about Uzbekistan and it came to her mind to go to Uz after her trip in Afghanistan, after watching some pictures I took there.

Suddenly, when we were exhausted of visiting the fort (it was beautiful, but I dont know why now I am losing the mood of taking pictures….), we were chatting about future plans of travelling. And suddenly I remembered that going to Russia is not so easy. I told her that I know someone, a Malaysian girl, who tried to take Russian visa in Mongolia then got refused, returned back to Beijing and stayed in my apartment for a week, and got turned back again before then decided to fly to Paris instead of taking an overland journey.

“Hey, dont tell me that you know the same person,” Lam Li surprised after listened to my story. And guess what, the girl I was talking about was HER SISTER!!! It’s really a small world. The girl is Lam Yuet, Lam Li’s elder sister. She has ever stayed in my apt in Beijing for a week, and now I am travelling with her younger sister, without realizing at all after 1 month of meeting. Lam Li has many times told me the story of her elder sister who travelled around Asia, but I never imagined that it was about Lam Yuet.

It’s really a small world!!!