Heading North to Rajasthan - Udaipur

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Indias flagPublished: March 8th 2007Asia » India » Rajasthan » Udaipur
February 23rd 2007

Feb 23 - 25

We took a train north to Udaipur via Ahmedabad, Gujurat. We arrived early in the morning in Udaipur and headed to Lal Ghat where we found a guest house - and the only place in town with a swimming pool, which might have been refreshing had there been water in it. The place was cute and kitschy and had wonderful views overlooking Lake Pichola.

We took a tour of city palace, headed up to Monsoon palace, took a boat tour to Jagmandir Island and did a bit of shopping. It was a cute, quiet peaceful town, very geared to Western tourists. One evening we went to see a show of traditional Rajasthani dance. It was a very peaceful, low stress place...

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Maharana's bedroom

I think I'm going to redo my bedroom in red mirrors...
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A horse's disguise

They used to disguise their horses to scare the enemy's elephants.
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City palace

view from a courtyard in the city palace
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City palace

Overlooking Udaipur





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Date: 5th April 2007

India
hi there. Beautiful description about my beautiful land. Thank you for bringing out so many good things about my country on these pages when so many of the people curse and get frustrated with my country. Thank a lt and best of luck to you in your travels

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