Udaipur

Traveling on Her Majesty's Secret Service

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January 15th 2012
Following a mission briefing from M and after picking up a few gadgets from Q, we followed in 007's footsteps and checked out the lake city, Udaipur, film location of Octopussy. Our guesthouse had an impressive view of the Lake Palace (Bond's hotel), the Jagmandir Island Palace (Octopussy's lair) and the hilltop Monsoon Palace (the baddies place). It was fun to recognise all of thes ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more