DeviGarh Udaipur

... the crystal could be delivered, and his successor, Fateh Singh, put the objects in storage without ever using them until the present custodian Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar put them for public display. There are sofas, beds, thrones and chairs made of solid crystal, with the barest metal support where necessary. Dinner sets, flywhisks, decanters ...

... of the merchants that nowadays remain in quite bad shape. It is a visit to the wild India, whithout Western frills, where one can still appreciate how days go by unaltered by tourism, and be delighted and amazed to check how the country works despite the chaos present everywhere and in every single task. But this sort of visits always ends up paying a high toll, as there are barely any tourists and one has to do like the locals, and after some hours it ...

... high in Aravalli Hills, some distance from Udaipur. This stone fort compound was very impressive from a distance and its complex housed a number of beautiful temples, hall, pavilions and pillared buildings over a large area. The fort walls are 36kms long, with 360 temples within it, along with palaces, gardens, 700 canon bunkers and baoris (wells). One of the most important Mewar forts, it was only taken once for 2 days by the combined might of Akbar, Amber and Marwar ...

... in UCD with Sarah and she had been to a house party in his house 8 years ago -- small world!! After chilling out for the morning we went and booked our Indian cooking class for that afternoon in Hotel Krishna Niwas. The cooking course was excellent we learned how to make Chapatti and nan,

... and I have to say that I am much happier coming to hospital in Udaipur this time than last time, since my visit is stress free!! Deepak has arranged for me to visit some really spectacular sights including the Monsoon Palace (see the views in the photos!), and some of the little-visited lakes outside the city, where the bird life is just amazing. You all know me and my birds ...

... Indira said it would be perfect, so for 11000 rupees, it was all mine, including the tailor-made blouse that didn't fit the first time. With 100R=2 dollars, well, you do the math. :) Definitely more expensive than I had planned, but I considered it a birthday gift. After that, we walked into town and Indira asked two young girls where I might have the mehndi done. They pointed us to a shop a few blocks away and since it was going to take some time, we ate first ...

Hey there! We enjoyed ourselves a bunch in Udaipur. We stayed at a guesthouse run by the cousin of the guy who owned the place we stayed in in Pushkar, so it was not bad! Bunch of German travellers lounging around there:) We had a huge room so I had a place to practice tabla, and we were on the roof level so that was nice too! We went to the City Palace on the first day and took ...

... and regardless of what cousin Ian says, the Toolshed is not a place where you go to pick up a hammer. ROUGHING-IT REVELATION: Yes, just like every overly-laden backpacker before us, we have realised that you do wear the same clothes every day, but only because it's easier than unzipping your pack. These days, "dressing up" means putting on cargo pants, the cleanest t-shirts we have and our good thongs. THUMBS UP: 1. The scarf that Laura bought Caroline ...

... wonder...we saw some art that took our fancy and went searching for more! Unfortunately we found some...lots actually, lou found too many to buy. nut unfortunately we arwe both 10 000 rs poorer and a painting richer! well worth it...we hope! we had to pay cash and well...who carries around 10000 rs? not us. so in order to be able to afford it we had to go to an atm..mode of transport..eek mums dont be mad..a motobike!!!! all 3 of us at once! haha its was alot of fun and alot safer ...

... is Vee-Jay like the James Bond movie! Still loving India. We return to our room everynight overwhelmed with what we've taken in each day. We've been averaging 2 nights in each town, so the travel betweens can be draining. The bus rides have been more frequent, and what is advertised as a 7 hour bus ride will most likely be anywhere from 7-15 hrs depending on how many chai stops we make, how many times the driver or anyone else decided to stop the bus for a ...