Fateh Prakash Palace Udaipur

... and a lady balancing up to 10 pots on her head whilst still dancing, it was a lot of fun. After we went for dinner with Eilane on a rooftop restaurant overlooking the lake, the lake looked really atmospheric at night all lit up.<br><br>Next day we went around the city palace museum which is Rajasthan's largest palace and overlooks the lake. After Jodhpurs Fort audio guide being so amazing, we decided to give the ...

... rajastan strecthing to 5 acre was conttantly being ade to over the last 5 centuries by the next kings and emperors<br>my favourite part was the Karh Burj with beautiul mosaics and glas work it felt like alice in wonerland!!!!!<br>there are three parts tothe place one part is now part hotel, imagine that price!!<br>the rest of the day i got to expericen minature art painting which is famous to Udaipur, also go to ...

... situated high up on the mountain. At about 5.30 pm we set out via rickshaw and traveled to the top to see the sunset. It was a truly spectacular view as we watched the sun disappear behind the mountains. Who knew there were so many in our area! Udaipur is truly situated in a valley, thus the many lakes through out the city. However, because it is the off-season, they are all dried up from the heat. They will be filled back up soon though as monsoon ...

... every Maharana who has ruled there has added to the Palace in there own way and this has gradually increased the size over the 300 years of reign. The government no longer help support the Maharana's so they opened the Palace to the public and also started the famous Taj group of Hotels for an income. In India they like their German Bakery's so in the afternoon we went to Edelweiss for Cakes. In the evening we decided to treat ourselves and go to Jagat Niwas, we ...

... looking at one another and then at those who are staring at us, we cast our inhibitions aside and dig in with the spoons. Immediately the tastes explode on our palates. Ellen favours the red, Barbara the yellow, I'm partial to the green. But we don't discriminate as we gorge all of the coloured wonders. <br>"This is the real Indian food that we've been seeking." I say, "True Indian food that we haven't tasted since we left Toronto." <br>No sooner do we tuck into the dishes ...

BAGA So we did actually make it to Baga which is where we discovered all the white British tourists!!! ah we knew they were somewhere. Baga is mainly a party town with its renowned club Tito's and strip of bars and further clubs. The beaches by day are overly crowded, with every bar blasting out loud music and the constant harrasment of 'buy my elephant neckasss' begins to get anoying. The sea as Jess discoverd is petrol filled from all the watersports boats ...

... in Udaipur (we found a more hostel like environment nearby where guests seemed to mingle more but didn't want to deal with moving). The first thing we've noticed in our room was that a double bed is really just two twin beds pushed together... this seems to be the way it is here.   It's pretty common for most places to have rooftop restaurants here so you can view the gorgeous lake and town from above. Our rooftop had views of both the other side of town (which is a nicer ...

... and our guide Mukeesh regaled stories of the rich history of the city and palace. At the end of the tour, Mukeesh showed us photos of his wife and daughter, and out of the blur invited us home for dinner with them that evening. I was hesitant, but we accepted and made arrangements to be picked up later that afternoon. Udaipur's main street is lined with three glorious and proud Hindu temples, from which monkeys pound the rooftops ...

... a vehicle of some kind than terrorists. We visited the Jagdish temple in the middle of town after receiving some toothless smiles from the warm faces of the Sadhus sitting on the steps leading up to the shrines. Some were crocheting the muti-coloured woolly baba bags they carry all their possessions in and some of the more photogenic and business minded ones were posing for tourists photos then taking donations. One guy was putting his holy marks on his forehead ...