Trident Udaipur

... in all directions.  We see several monkeys perched on the higher rocks, looking like sentinels.    Back at the Trident Hotel I decide to take a swim in the pool.  The air is cooling off and the pool water is just slightly ...

-Breakfast at hotel - City Palace and Lake Palace - no high tea!  - Lunch at Mohammad's pick (restaurant name?) - dinner at ...

... ; Quite different here to other places we've visited so far.  Much cleaner and more organised.  Much of Udaipur's wealth comes from the marble that is mined locally.  Huge blocks are transported, unsecured, on ancient overloaded ...

... nbsp; I still have not seen anyone eating these beans.   After a beanless breakfast we meet Rampal for a trip to the Udaipur City Palace.  The largest palace in Rajasthan, the City Palace covers over 5 acres of ground and actually is a ...

... of travel commences with a 5am wake-up call and a box breakfast consumed on the way to the Jaipur airport. We have a flight to Udaipur that connects through Delhi, so we arrive at our destination in the early afternoon with a lot to see and not a lot of ...

... just as dressed up in their outfits - i behaved myself and did not run around taking pictures althrough i really wanted to udaipur is very proud of its history of never having surrendered to any invaders so the rulers of this region are called ...

... makes quick work of the flat and we are back on our way to the Trident Hilton Udaipor, which is absolutely beautiful.  Just driving into Udaipur it is quite apparent that there is more wealth here than in any of the previous cities we've been ...

... such as us, are honking their horn all the way thru just to clear the way.   Late in the afternoon we arrive in Udaipur.  Passing the famous lake we note that it looks more like a pasture.  We have paid for a boat ride on this ...

... a chicken snack, RS 4000 (£50). I mean, in a London hotel, for a pint of the local beer, would it cost £5? I think not. Udaipur is nice, the feeling of the places really have changed as we've got further from Delhi, the air is clearer, the houses, look ...

... , with over 1,000 ornately marble pillars with unique carvings. After lunch at a lovely country hotel and spa, we return to Udaipur making a quick stop at an arts and crafts shop for last-minute purchases. I get three cotton shirts tailored for delivery ...

So our first night in Udaipur we're sitting in the hotel and as usual Pat and I are tired old people.  We all hear music outside, from the cool DJ Manj had met earlier for some function that is going on at the rooftop.  The music is sounding ...

... encircled the Jal Mahal, one of two island palaces in India (that I'm aware of).  The other, now a five-star hotel, is in Udaipur.  The Jal Mahal is being restored and renovated into a restaurant.              ...

... countries. Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai and the hardest places hit were at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, and the backpacker's haunt of Leopolds Cafe. The Indian Government said that ...

... -        Flight to Udaipur at 12:40pm ·        Checked in to Trident and had drinks & snacks ·        Drove around a bit, went to a fountain and then ...