One week down, two more to go.
After two days in the sun, we are off to Udaipur. Before we got to the plane, I finally got to meet my cousin Rohit's wife Anu and her daughter. Rohit is away on some carriership somewhere, so he wasn't there, obviously. It was good to finally see family. Unfortunately, we only got to talk for about 20 minutes before we had to leave for the airplane.
We got to the Udaipur airport. This is very small airport. We had a driver pick us up and take us to our hotel. We are staying at the Lake Palace Hotel. This is such a nice place. It is completely surrounded by water (although during the summers the river can be completely dry). For those who are James Bond fans, they filmed parts of Octopussy here.
Across the water is another palace. The driver tells us that the palace is still inhabited by the king but half is a hotel. On the other side is another palace.
At the hotel, they are treating us well. When we got here, two girls dressed in traditional dress put some tika on our foreheads and put a garland of flowers around us (picture). Then we saw some traditional folk dances (video). In one dance, the lady was dancing while balancing some heavy pots on her head.
This place is expensive. We had a whiskey and a beer and it cost 18 USD. Tax is about 43% on alcohol.
After 6pm, there's not much to do. We walked around and found different places we can sit and view the water. Tomorrow, we're gonna get up early to view the sights around here.
Boy, it is hot here. It's supposed to be hotter tomorrow. Hopefully, we'll be the car most of the time travelling from sight to sight. I'm getting used to the heat though. I don't mind the sweat and the fact that I stink now.
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