The fort that never fell

"Royalty revisited"

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India Picture by Don Sebastian
Travel story: The fort that never fell

A procession of decorated elephants snake through the winding stone path to the Amber Fort. Rajasthani men in their traditional dress and flashy turbans ride their big pets on a neat line. Amused foreign tourists, playing to the mood with hired headgear, silver ornaments and tilak, fight their fears atop the animals' spines. The scene looks a straight lift from David Lean's A Passage to India.

All it takes to end the romance is a shower of snort from the beast.
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