Sunday in Udaipur

It took us about six hours of driving to reach Udaipur. The roads were much better, but you still have areas of congestion in the "towns" you go through. There were toll roads, which were four-laned and well-paved, as well.
Udaipur is a beautiful little town on a lake, much cleaner than the other places we have been. The hotel is very beautiful. They have a City Palace in which the King still resides. We are going to tour it later today.
We are all getting tired of traditional Indian food ... even Gopal. It is the same all the time. Today we stopped at a "German" bakery, had some real coffe and "pastries". Oh, well .... will appreciate our food even more when we get home.
We have done a lot of shopping but the prices were better in Jaipur. No monkeys here, but still have all the other animals. It's interesting to see all the dogs in the streets. Nobody pets them but everybody feeds them !!

Side notes from Michael: Every Indian menu offers Chinese food options??!! Many men have orange (Henna) colored hair - not a color found in nature!!

I LOVE Udaipur!!! I could spend a week here. The energy is fantastick! The air is clean here. The people are beautiful. The shopping is wonderful. Got to see the Lake Palace at night (dragged mom, Craig and Gopal) all lit up. The Lake Palace is featured in the movie Octopussy - and I AM a James Bond fan. Oh, and got an even better massage here (the 3rd in 3 days for approx. $20 with tip). I feel at home here.



This is the hotel we are staying in while in Udaipur. Newly renovated.

This is our room. Nice, huh?


We have to stop in the middle of the road to let the "cross-traffic" through.