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Udaipur Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Udaipur, India
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 ...
Yes please sir, you like rug? You like paintings?
This is a top pick! ... the temples and ghats (ie flights of steps). A haven from transcendental music... Animals on the street: Cows, dogs, just a few pigs Udaipur - so hear I am, plan to stay 5 nights. Its a very scenic place, famous for the former maharajah's palace which ...
Octopussy
This is a top pick! ... over Europe (it always ties in to that somehow). The first five minutes manage to show almost every stereotype about India that exists. The plane flies right behind the Taj Mahal. A confusing jumble of Indian monuments later Bond ...
Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... down to the lake to wash clothes, and winding streets where you can meet anything from Sadhus to elephants. I loved Udaipur. While touristy, I never experienced the more aggressive forms of tourism that is rampant in other areas of India. The people ...
Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... The photos don't do it justice! (We've managed to add them for the whole trip now - thanks to Jon and Brian!). We are leaving Udaipur tonight to travel 36hrs to Goa - I feel like we are giving up on India, we were supposed to travel around Gugerat then to ...
camel days
This is a top pick! Having extricated myself from a blissfully relaxing three weeks in Pushkar, I find myself marveling at the lakeside wonders of Udaipur. This serene city with a mild traffic problem for a city its size where the James Bond film "Octopussy" was partly ...
Udaipur the city of stairs !!!
This is a top pick! ... birds in, turns out they were bats – absolutely hundreds of them hanging in the trees (see pics) and they were massive !!! Udaipur has been nice to get some peace from the relentless hassle and noise of india got one week left in Jodhpur, the blue ...
Udaipur - the city of lakes
This is a top pick! ... that every trade had a different turban), magnificent puppets and even an exhibition of objects carved from polystyrene! We liked Udaipur. The city has a rich and varied heritage with many quite different places of interest. It would be possible to spend ...
The Lake City of India
This is a top pick! Hello, 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 ...
Udaipur - An Enchanting Lake City.
This is a top pick! ... . On our last evening in Udaipur we had a candlelight dinner at the romantic Jagat Niuws Restaurant in a reclining cushioned alcove. Udaipur turned out to be a lovely place to spend a few days before heading back to hectic Delhi and then onto ...
Finally, It Happened !!!
This is a top pick! ... boarded it. Luckily, we did, because it was already half full, but nobody was on our bed. We realised there and then, that Udaipur was a popular place. The train that we were on was more up market as well, hence the little more expense on the ticket ...
Uidapur onto Bombay (Madras)
This is a top pick! ... to buy out all the local wares! We made a long trip of one and a half days on an overnight train from Udaipur changing with a slim connection in Amhemabad onto Bombay (Mumbai as it's better known now). This city is a real eye opener to ...
The stars fell out of the sky in Gokarna!
This is a top pick! ... cruised the lake at sunset to the sound of Indian army bagpipes! and we found some of the best food in all of India at a small local café. Udaipur has been really good but tonight we move North to Jaipur by sleeper coach. Nepal is still on the cards as ...
H2 No!
This is a top pick! ... a "lake view" at our hotel. Nevertheless its still a very pleasant place to stay and we've consistantly had the best food in India. Udiapur's other claim to fame is as the setting for James Bond in Octopussy (admittedly not one of the best), and proud ...
A short visit to Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... by Nelly Written on May 2nd, 2005 in Pushkar Dried up Udaipur According to Lonely Planet, Udaipur is perhaps the most romantic city in India. "Misty ochre-shadowed hills and pale, intricate buildings encircle the mirror glass of Lake Pichola. At ...
Shaken not stirred
This is a top pick! ... shopkeepers who all shout to you each time you pass by, but we have become very immune to this now. Udaipur is apparently the art capital of India and has loads of shops selling minature paintings and other arty stuff. In the evening I somehow got roped ...
Day Three in Udaipur
This is a top pick! We arranged to have a car and driver take us around the rest of Rajasthan. Our driver will be Abdul's brother. He actually invited us to his house for the goat dinner celebration. We will be eating the goat they slaughtered for the muslim goat festival. ...
Back to Udaipur
This is a top pick! We headed back to Udaipur today and it was a long drive, pretty much all day. We saw a lot of accidents along this road and people stuffed into vehicles to overspilling. Truely! We saw many jeeps with so many people on it that they were hanging off the ...
Day Two in Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... coat I am keeping with me to stay warm during the cold nights. So, Dave you should be expecting a package sent from India. The manufacturer showed us their process for making the vegatable dies and also how they made the blockprints and stamped the ...
Camel Safaris, Forts and Temples
This is a top pick! ... Bateman never got caught I would be most intrigued to find out? Is it all in his head? Sunday 9th Feb: Here i am in Udaipur on the slowest internet machine in the world! Had good nights sleep last night thanks to ear-plugs. Though very cold night and ...
The Jewel of Rajasthan
This is a top pick! ... as they win their space on the narrow road, provides a good excuse for not sticking around for the usual chai invitation that follows. Udaipur is a relatively clean city and from what I hear the jewel of the state; another reason that it is the ideal ...
Udaipur - Palaces, pots and rooftops...
This is a top pick! Udaipur - The eye of the Tiger.... Our last historic stop in the beautiful and vibrant Rajasthan where we stayed in a hotel called "The Tiger"..... thought it might bring us good luck before we hit the Ranthambhore National Park and go on Safari to see ...
Elephant Ride
This is a top pick! ... catch a plane at Mumbai to Kochi. Then we''l head south from there and paobably back up again. We raomed the streets of Udaipur toady and finally found the elephant. So we got a great rid eon the elephant around the city. Kenny Lee was so frightened ...
Indian Culinery delights/holi festival
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Departing Udaipur
This is a top pick! It was a little hard to say goodbye to Abdul and Gani and his family knowing that we will probably never see them again. But, Abdul invited us to his house for lunch and farewell and everyone posed for pictures. Then it was off on a long bus trip back to ...
First Day in Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... who is the brother of the internet cafe owner and we have decided to go on a tour of the town with him. The roads in Udaipur are really confusing. It's like being in a labrinth so we don't want to wander around too much by ourselves. It's too easy to get ...
Octapussy City-James Bond
This is a top pick! Mellow yellows were the drug of choice for this night trip to Udiapur... just a simple muscle relaxer to make the train more comfy... problem is the next morning they don't want to let you go... you just want to sleep and sleep and ...
The palaces of the Maraharajas of Rajasthan
This is a top pick! ... . Our first full day and we promised the kids no sight seeing but shopping instead. We dived into colourful Udaipur and went hunting for traditional saris for Katherine and Georgie and all white trousers and jackets, the traditional male clothing, ...
The Names Bond, James Bond.
This is a top pick! Still in Udaipur, where we have just been relaxing for last couple of days! Just as planned! Though I wasn't sure I would be writing this: On Sunday when I last made an entry, I was offered some fruit, by the fellow working in the internet cafe. Not ...
Highs of 37 degrees, geeze!
This is a top pick! Day 100; After carrying the parcel round with us for a while we finally got to post it, the actual post was reasonable and it is getting sent by air so should be with you in two weeks, the packing of it however was way more expensive than last time, ...