Soooo hung over! Why did I drink whisky? I never do in England, ask Stalker or Rick. Whhhhyyyyy???
The first tentative trip around Udaipur was to the lake. The lake and its surroundings are magnificent, like Monaco but with so much more majesty and character. Decided to give the lake palace a miss as you could only get in if you had a meal there and my stomach couldn't handle it! Went to the summer palace instead which was wonderful and then toured around for about an hour. Perfect hangover cure!
After the boat trip we went to the city palace museum. Nice but nothing special after all the other palaces I'd seen. Bought some pointy shoes for the Maharajah outfit from the market and visited the local Hindu temple. Loads of hassle at this temple as there is no curb on touts/beggars/thieves etc. Felt slightly outnumbered as there were no other western tourists to take the heat off! Made it out alive anyway...
One interesting thing about the art touts is that they are all saying they are from an art school and they are about to go to Birmingham NEC to display their work. Had the same spiel from about 3 different touts. Get a new story guys!
Back to the hotel and Raju had my Maharaja outfit ready. Did I mention it was tailor made to suit the Mekon's silver back body? It looks great, if I say so myself.
The evening was spent at a Muslim wedding going on outside the hotel. Very lively, with fireworks, a band and lots of food!
Posted by cmelikian at October 13, 2003 11:51 AMDarling, the Indian we met in the icecream parlour told us about the hotel on the lake. Its owned by a millionaire who doesn't really worry about the money making as he's got more than enough! (Oberoi Group) Pity you didn't get to stay there, he said it was out of this world. Really enjoying reading everything. Watched a programme last night (recorded for you) on the tigers in Ranthambhore Nat Park!!! Looked for you but couldn't see you there. Oh well at least we know what it's like now. Love, Mum
Posted by: dm at October 20, 2003 10:16 AM