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Udaipur Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Udaipur, India
Emma's Guide to Bollywood
This is a top pick! ... receive an autograph from some faceless Bollywood Superstar. For others it might mean nothing at all. But to the vast percentage of India's population, this name might as well be a prayer. Amitabh – or 'Big B’ as he’s affectionately ...
Indian home cooking/ luxury living in udaipur
This is a top pick! ... pinch of salt and simmer... Aahhhh, the aromas emanating from the pot on the stove in Renu Mahta's kitchen are mouthwatering! I'm in Udaipur, where I stayed for a few days with the Mehta family as a 'Servas' member (see www.servas.com for more info ...
On the way to Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... makes quick work of the flat and we are back on our way to the Trident Hilton Udaipor, which is absolutely beautiful. Just driving into Udaipur it is quite apparent that there is more wealth here than in any of the previous cities we've been ...
Where the mozzies love Danny
This is a top pick! ... of the large black faced monkeys which were leaping in the trees. So glad we are not buying rolls of film! Arrived in Udaipur, a couple of hours south of ranakpur, udaipur is the city where octopussy was shot, and the lake is full for the first time ...
JS, Chai-walla
This is a top pick! ... , with haggling of course, I visit the Jagdish temple, and then before sunset I go for a stroll around the City Palace, Udaipur's most famous building along with the Monsoon Palace. Great sunset, lots of bats, and then yet another rooftop dinner with a ...
The Relaxing Tentacles of Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... the lake - a lot. But it was time for Udaipur to release us from her gentle embrace. The rest of India was calling. The only stain on my Udaipur memory is the ass touching man that David punched in the arm. Lots of men came running out of their ...
Fluffy palaces and dry lakes....
This is a top pick! ... the lake is full, the lake palace hotel is only accessible by boat. For those James Bond fans, Occtopussy was filmed in Udaipur. Sunset from the mud surrounding the hotel, watching the city palace turn gold was magic - our muddy sandals and feet were ...
Udaipur, Lair of Octopussy
This is a top pick! ... traveling with a tour group that took public transportation for a twist. The trip was brief--soon I was walking west from the Udaipur bus station, following the sun and my compass along curved streets, buying some bananas from a cart man, and eating ...
Empty Lake
This is a top pick! ... the shops sell clothes, trinkets, and jewellery as opposed to the groceries, hardwear and machine parts found there. Udaipur is supposedly the 'most romantic city in india', I don't think I would agree with that, but it is a good place to mooch around and ...
Udaipur and the lake that wasn't there
This is a top pick! ... you can walk around at your leisure. The palace has seen better days, however, the views at sunset were breathtaking. Kris Divali in Udaipur as Kris says was really fun. A really nice atmosphere and, for a change, there were loads of women in the ...
Tasty Udaipur
This is a top pick! Not really a lot to say about Udaipur as a place because i was surprisingly uninspired by the place. Surprisingly because it is advertised as the most romantic city in India, and anyway everyone we have met said that we would love it. However it ...
Palatial palaces and plenty of poo
This is a top pick! ... the narrow winding streets, eating on rooftop restaurants with amazing views of the lake and palace, and doing lots of sightseeing! Udaipur is known as Rajasthan's most romantic city - not, I'm sure, due to the open sewers, mangy roaming cows, ...
The streets of Varanasi are...very nasty
This is a top pick! ... pain in the ass, Phil patiently nursed me back to health, and even carried both of our backpacks when we finally left for Udaipur. This city was immortalized by the James Bond movie "Octopussy", one of Roger Moore's finest performances, I'm sure. It is ...
Ah, the quiet
This is a top pick! ... that power cuts are common.) Next door to David are two English guys named Rick and Richard, who are on their 10th trip to India. We suspect they are a couple but we don't ask. Richard is recovering from a bout of Delhi Belly but they are still both very ...
The Lake City
This is a top pick! ... across the northern areas we visited. There was sun, heat and haze every day, cooling off nicely at night. Perhaps Udaipur was a little bit cleaner than the other cities. At least there weren't stray dogs and cows grazing on garbage on ...
Bond, James Bond was here
This is a top pick! ... message we got from every guesthouse sign in the city when we arrived. The classically cheesy Bond film was shot in Udaipur and in other parts of India, so to maximize your experience here, it's more or less mandatory to watch it one night over dinner on ...
Goa, Goaing, Gone
This is a top pick! ... know how to earn a shifty shilling. Mumbai is a brief dalliance, a stopover on the ride north to the magic white castle of Udaipur and beyond. Time enough to log and blog and ponder a fortnight spent in the old Portuguese enclave of Goa, known to the ...
Diwali Eve
This is a top pick! Arrival at the Lake City In total contrast to Jaipur, I had a most civilised arrival into Udaipur. The train station was quiet and there was a table outside that ensured a fixed price rickshaw ride to the hotel of my choice. My choice, you mean I am ...
Good Food, Bad Music and the Deal that Never Was
This is a top pick! ... 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 seven ...
The Good, The Bad and The Mumbai Madness
This is a top pick! ... find a mechanics. They couldn't help us so we had to make it 50k to Udiapur freewheeling where we could. When we got to Udaipur Mishra sorted out a rickshaw to take us to our hotel so we said our goodbyes there. Mishra had been amazing, he never tried ...
The Lake City...Hold the Lake
This is a top pick! ... . It is mesmerizing and ear-tickling instrument; I could listen to it for hours. In the early morning we went to an old part of Udaipur to do yoga. We found the yoga center - a local family's home with a rooftop yoga 'studio' - in the Lonely Planet, ...
Package tour central
This is a top pick! ... pretty and the level of accommodation is exceptionally high, there is a lot of foreign tourism, and it seems like Udaipur is on the list of "must see" India cities. As a result, there is no shortage of good jobs, and most locals seem to have a ...
Udaipur in a day
This is a top pick! ... and the comparatively great roads would be considered in relative disrepair back home. Turns out the undeniable difference that Udaipur exudes is a result of the area never falling under foreign control. The Moghuls never made it this far ...
after a long haul....
This is a top pick! ... 't done much of during the trip.... shopping and drinking (well we haven't been drinking much in india..). Great shops with some really nice stuff, Udaipur attracts a bit of the package tourist market. A fairytale town (octopussy was shot here), the ...
Octopussy
This is a top pick! ... is Octopussy, one of Roger Moore's least cringe-worthy outings as Britain's favourite spy, you'll probably be familiar with Udaipur and it's picturesque lakes. Nestled amid craggy hills, Udaipur is one of Rajasthan's real gems. The city is wrapped around ...
The Lake City
This is a top pick! ... for the 1981 James Bond movie, Octopussy. The film is still shown every evening at the various cafes and guest houses. Udaipur is most famous for its two island palaces that appear to be floating on the lake. Both palaces have been ...
Dinner at the City Palace
This is a top pick! After a moderately comfortable (but cold) ride to Udaipur on the sleeper bus we arrived early for a change and almost didn't get off the bus. Luckily the conductor knew where we were going and told us we had arrived. We jumped in a rickshaw to our ...
Happy Diwali!
This is a top pick! ... an Indian who hasn't wanted to sell something to me, but I have had a number of enjoyable and interesting conversations about India, its culture and beliefs and religions with Raju, the father of the family who owns The Nukkad. Within minutes of me ...
Scenes from a Bus Window
This is a top pick! ... interesting. When our travel agent in Pushkar (who was also the owner of our favourite restaurant) arranged for our ticket by bus to Udaipur, he proudly told us he took the initiative to book us a sleeper seat for the bus. He said he thought we would ...
A strange dance show
This is a top pick! ... had blinking Christmas lights on it. Next we walked through an underground maze containing interesting old photos of Udaipur. This gave into a display of seriously weird modern Indian artwork. Seriously. Weird. But the ...