Ram Pratap Palace
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Hitting the road in Rajasthan - Udaipur to Jodhpur
The next part of our journey is actually an arranged private tour, something neither of us have ever done aside from private day tours. But we wanted to see a number of different things within Rajasthan and weren't confident about public transport and taxis on our own for getting around every day. An arranged tour actually seemed a bit more …
India's most romantic city
We arrived in Udaipur at about 5pm. Our hotel was set on Lake Pichola with a good view from our window.It was called Hotel Rampratap. Udaipur has a population of about 390 000 and has a lake setting and a beautiful palace. There is a famous hotel in the middle of the lake called 'The Lake Palace Hotel' which was where Octopussy was filmed.The …
Some local flavour
... Octopussy. If you haven't seen it, it features a crazy rickshaw ride through the alleyways of Udaipur. With the last bit of time left, we visited the main temple - Jagdish, where Jess was chatted up by one of the temple guards. This was the third old Indian guy today who took a shining to her. And one younger one too, who offered her a ride on his Vespa! Back to the tailor and the pants were ready but the jacket was not. The pants fitted well ...
Love Is In The Air
... certainly wont part with the money to send any home!
The drive continued for another good few hours, through tons of little towns and villages. They just pop up out of no where, you can be driving for ages, with nothing on the horizon then suddenly a little town, maybe with 20/30 people living there, will appear. All will have similar shops, a mechanic of some description and a couple of general 'stores' (shacks) and a specialty shop depending on the towns ...
Udaipussy
... and clean and served beer, as well as having a really good view of the city and an owner with a henna red beard who looked like a bond villain. I also got to watch several men carrying a huge metal elephant up a really steep staircase to the temple whilst drinking tea which was quite fun.
All in all awesome, pictures soon honest. ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking