Lake Pichola Udaipur

Entry containing 44 photos titled: A beautiful mother Shisha!, Henna paint on my arms, Mewargarh Palace, A small birthday party for a little girl, View from the roof top restaurant, local kids -sister and brother, City Palace, View from City Palace, view from City Palace

We had a very good flight from Mumbai to Udaipur with Air-India, a lady was sitting on one of our seats as we boarded, but it was no problem to get our seat back. On the only 1hr flight to Udaipur we got a nice lunch and we could also choose from several movies to watch on the plane individually, as each seat had a screen. Once in Udaipur we went …

Admittedly after travelling for over 20 hours virtually anywhere looks pretty damn appealing, but our first impressions of Udaipur were universally good. The water is all pretty clean making the overall smell of the place much much nicer, the streets are cleaner, quieter and made up of lots of kool little shops in small back alleys & rooftop …

Entry containing 60 photos titled: Day One - Udaipur, Udaipur, Hector chilling at the Lal Ghat, Jess at Lal Ghat, Lal Ghat Guesthouse, People washing in the ghats of Udaipur, Hector and Jess on Jagmandir Island, City Palace, Lake Pichola, Enlightenment, Peacock mosaic, Ivory door, Our view, Hector!

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So our bus ride was the luxury bus ride from hell, we'd spoken to a German couple the night before who warned us not to sit at the back seat of the bus. Low and behold when we board the bus we are ushered right down to the back sit in the middle, so we get a great view of driving Indian style, let’s just say Ed’s face …

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Udaipur is considered India’s most romantic city and underneath the honking, pot-holed roads, overcrowded streets and the general reek of India it may just be quite romantic under the night’s sky and twinkling lights. Udaipur is home to the ancient Aravalli hills, numerous Palaces and Lake Pichola. The City Palace is …

The valley of Oodipur, the most diversified and most romantic spot on the continent of India. -- Col. James Tod

The Lake City Udaipur is arguably the most romantic spot in India, to us, we are not sure about romantic, but relaxing indeed. The lake's full of water when we were there, we were very happy to see their drought situation had …

... I wanted to do, so we booked a place for the next afternoon. Another popular touristy thing to do in Udaipur is to take a short cruise round Lake Pichola, so we did. I love boats. We had a completely different view of the city and City Palace ...

... you can eat. I continued to walk past German bakehouses, guesthouses with rooftop restaurants, and travel agencies until I reached Lake Pichola, where I enjoyed views of the white marble Lake Palace, seemingly floating on blue Lake Pichola as River ...

... had there been one. All that remained was a very large, shallow depression of dry ground and patchy grass where Lake Pichola should have been. Udaipur hasn't had sufficient rain to fill the lake for over 7 years! Yet all the brochures and guidebook ...

... of poo everywhere you try to walk and the odd incessant beggar - but because of the beautiful, palatial architecture and setting on Lake Pichola with the 'floating' Lake Palace Hotel in it's centre. On our first morning, we visited the City Palace, ...

... scenes, doesn't begin to do justice to the sites. Udaipur boasts four palaces, two of which are on islands in the middle of Lake Pichola, built so that they look like they're floating on the water. The most elaborate, the Lake Palace, is now an ...

... cakes. The Natraj Dining Hall is a fifteen minute rickshaw ride from the Poonam Haveli, our hotel near the banks of Lake Pichola in Udaipur, southern Rajasthan. Thali is the meal we're being served on a stainless steel tray. Within the tray there are ...

... shortage, the lake the town sits on was pretty much just a stinking mud pit. Well, the rains have been good to Udaipur lately, Lake Pichola is filled to the brim, and the city actually is quite beautiful! It has all the great historical, architectural, ...

... years, much to the dismay of the thousands of touristicles who find their way here each year). Nestled on a small island in Lake Pichola, and directly opposite the whimsical City Palace (the current and former abode of the Maharaja of Udaipur), the Lake ...

... romantic under the night’s sky and twinkling lights. Udaipur is home to the ancient Aravalli hills, numerous Palaces and Lake Pichola. The City Palace is Rajasthan’s largest palace and is the setting for James Bond's Octopussy movie. More ...

... East. There are some of the monikers that Udaipur goes by. The main tourist area is along the north-east section of Lake Pichola. Within a few minutes walk are beautiful old havelis, the Raj´s Palace, Jagdish Temple, ghats where woman and their children ...