The Pink City

The last month and some days I've been staying in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Rajasthan is known as the land of kings, because it used to be full of kings and Jaipur is known as the pink city. The reason Jaipur got this nick name is because waaaaay back in 1853, when the Prince of Wales came to visit, the king had the entire city painted pink, because pink is a hospitable and welcoming color. Ever since then, all the buildings in the old city have remained pink, and actually have to be maintained to stay pink by building owners currently. It's not really pink... it's more of a salmon color, but what's the difference.