Udaipur


A Sadhu

The Soni Family who were gracious enough to have us over for dinner and showered us with gifts and their hospitality!

Ashby at the Nukkad guest house-rooftop restaurant

Windows in the City Palace

Mural

Ramu the Elephant (I think we saw him everyday in Udaipur!)

Inside the City Palace



City Palace from Lake Picholla

Udaipur is a very beautiful city, among my favorite that we've seen so far in India!
The palaces are enormous and it took us almost the whole day yesterday to explore the magnificent City Palace! To imagine living in such a place! Back at its peak it must have been so fine indeed. I really enjoyed looking into the rooms decorated with exquisite wall painting, glass/mirror work and tile work. Someday perhaps I can take some of what I've seen for inspiration in decorating my own house! The place was something straight out of a fairytale! In one of the rooms there was even a swing! From the palace there were incredible views of the Lake Palace and Jagmandir island and the surrounding hills....Today we took a boat ride out around the islands and had a nice stop-off at Jagmandir island. The boat ride was a treat and provided a different view of things.
This morning I went to a yoga class on the roof of our hotel!
Our hotel is quite charming with stained glass windows, colorful glass lanterns everywhere and its actually an old family house called a Haveli...so its been in the family for years and the family still lives there-its just partially a guest house with a nice rooftop restaurant too!
Bye for now!-Cara