Haveli On The Lake
Travel Blogs from Udaipur
Udaipur - The Thirsty Lake
From WikiTravel: Udaipur, the capital of the former princly state of Mewar is a beautiful city in Rajasthan, India famous for its lakes and palaces which in centuries past served as the homes of royalty. A current tourist favorite, especially for up-market Westerners, it was a backdrop for numerous movies including the James Bond flick "Octopussy …
Udaipur - Pachyderms and Poppadoms
The night was very quiet in Udaipur, although if you listened very closely you could hear the sound of bugs sucking the blood out of me. Since it was hot and stuffy, we had left our windows open along with running the fans, and so the the mosquitos got to enjoy some of that same great dinner from the night before. And we encountered one additional …
My Honorable Guests
... After we see the very pretty lush tropical gardens of the Prince and eat a tasty Indian lunch overlooking Lake Pichola and our hotel. The rest of the day has been spent relaxing at the hotel and witnessing a stunning sunset. Now it's time to hit the enormous tub with a G and T and enjoy our remaining hours at this amazing hotel. Greg do we really have to ...
The Venice of India
... up the street with some bowls on their head that they were going to give to the goddess. I think to fully understand all the different religions and festivals and ceremonies would take a lifetime. It seems there is always something religious happening. I just like observing it. It is actually quite admirable how deeply these people feel for their religions and different gods and goddesses.
Speaking of gods ...
No pooh on ya shoe in Udaipur
... have just cooked - delicious. We leave Mr Singh's kitchen fully confident that we can reproduce these dishes at home and head off back down into the street, well Fred heads back down into the street, and I mean literally. The stone steps have become very slippery with the rain and the poor old dear took a bit of a tumble. I'm pleased to say nothing was broken, I checked the camera and it appeared OK, Oh &. Fred doesn't have anything broken either but I ...