# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BhHGgd1lRxp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2429916-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-04-03T14:03:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

Thank you all so much for the incredible response to my last three posts from Jaipur! I don’t feel the rest of what I captured in the city can really compare to those images so I’m moving on to Jodhpur. This was our last & final stop on our mini tour of India with @tajhotels where again @coxandkingsusa handled our tours and excursions. It was during our tour of Mehrangarh Fort that I took the first photo in this series of a man guarding one of the rooms you can look in but cannot walk into. I’m sharing more than my usual amount of portraits from this trip because to me, it’s the people that make India truly special. 😉 We actually had a pretty hilarious and heart-warming interaction with him that you’d never guess at when you see his almost stern face. So swipe right to see a video with him & @twheat. It showed me that anywhere in the world, despite language barriers, you can almost always communicate with people when you choose to lead with a smile. Then I’ve included three more images from inside the fort that could not crop to @instagram size without losing something from the photo. Not my usual style but I just really wanted to share them. I hope you enjoy!
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Mehrangarh is one of the largest forts in India and has stunning views of the ‘Blue City’ of Jodhpur from almost every vantage point since it’s 410 feet above the city. Construction began in the 1400’s by Rao Jodha and continued with his descendants over 500 years. Most of what is visitable today dates to the 17th century, and the time of Maharaja Ajit Singh. Rudyard Kipling once said it was, “a palace that might have been built by Titans and colored by the morning sun.” If you’re into geology, you might be interested to know that the fort sits on a Malani Igneous Suite Contact that has been declared a National Geological Monument by the Geological Survey of India. It’s easier to see the significance of that from further away and I’ll be sharing a photo that illustrates that a little better in the next few days. 🇮🇳 #coxandkingsusa #mehrangarhfort #jodhpur #hostedtravel

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jodhpur, coxandkingsusa, mehrangarhfort, hostedtravel

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