Udaipur
Udaipur is a famous city because of its lake hotels and palaces which sit in the middle of giant man made lakes nestled in the hills of south Rajasthan. It was a bigger town than we expected but the pretty center of it was easy to get around, apart from getting lost in the usual labyrinth of streets. In the middle of the lake is the Lake Palace hotel built by a King a few hundred years ago. It is world famous and one of the top 5 hotels in the world apparently. The cheapest room costs $600 per night. That put an end to our plans for going for a night!
We were pretty wrecked today after our little trip the night before so did not do too much.
After dinner in our roof top restraunt and the sunset we watched James Bond 'Octopussy' which everyone here tells you was filmed here. It was funny watching a 25-year-old film that everything looks exactly the same in India now as it did then. Everything seems to look Identical as it did 25 years ago. It was funny seeing 007 run around Udaipur chasing villains. Daft. We crashed out after this excitement.
We did very little the next day either apart from book flights to Goa as you cannot get trains anywhere due to the xmas rush. The flights were dirt cheap at $40 each and we did not fancy back-to-back 16-hour buses, as this is what the only other option was to get to Goa for New Years.
That night we decided to treat ourselves and went to one of the flashest hotels on the lake in front of the lake palace and had a really nice dinner and lots of expensive cocktails. It was really nice to posh it up after roughing it around the dust bowl that is Rajasthan!
We got a Rickshaw back to our cheap hotel and the driver did not want to bring us. We insisted he did and he drove about 20 foot up the road and our hotel was right there. That’s how badly disorientated you can get in a twisty city like this!! We laughed as we though the Rickshaw driver was scamming us but he was being honest for once and we paid him anyway.
We were pretty wrecked today after our little trip the night before so did not do too much.
After dinner in our roof top restraunt and the sunset we watched James Bond 'Octopussy' which everyone here tells you was filmed here. It was funny watching a 25-year-old film that everything looks exactly the same in India now as it did then. Everything seems to look Identical as it did 25 years ago. It was funny seeing 007 run around Udaipur chasing villains. Daft. We crashed out after this excitement.
We did very little the next day either apart from book flights to Goa as you cannot get trains anywhere due to the xmas rush. The flights were dirt cheap at $40 each and we did not fancy back-to-back 16-hour buses, as this is what the only other option was to get to Goa for New Years.
That night we decided to treat ourselves and went to one of the flashest hotels on the lake in front of the lake palace and had a really nice dinner and lots of expensive cocktails. It was really nice to posh it up after roughing it around the dust bowl that is Rajasthan!
We got a Rickshaw back to our cheap hotel and the driver did not want to bring us. We insisted he did and he drove about 20 foot up the road and our hotel was right there. That’s how badly disorientated you can get in a twisty city like this!! We laughed as we though the Rickshaw driver was scamming us but he was being honest for once and we paid him anyway.
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