Udaipur, la romantique
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Udaipur, la romantique |
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| We had come to Udaipur with
the expectation of spending a few quiet days in a beautiful city. Our
Lonely Planet guidebook says : "Possibly no city in Rajasthan is
quite as romantic as Udaipur. The French impressionist painters, let alone
the brothers Grimm, would have loved this place, and it's not without
justification that Udaipur has been called the Venice of the East."
Yet another Venice of the East ! Since we have left Nepal, we have been
traveling through India at quite a hectic speed and we were looking
forward to a few quiet days. The Lake Palace Hotel is where we had planned
to stay as well as celebrate Kathleen's 30th birthday !
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The Lake Palace, built in 1754, covers the whole island and has been run by the Taj chain of hotels since 1963.
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| Since Nepal, a few electrical
items had not been working on Troopie and the exhaust note had steadily
been changing so we decided to get these fixed which took us a whole day. We had been told about the Indian
concept of stretching time... Then we got food poisoned and spent the next
two days in a very poor state !
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Jagmandir Island on Lake Pichola, flanked by a row of majestic elephants (left & centre)
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Inside the imposing City Palace : Belgian crystal (left) and popular Ganesh (right)
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We did manage to spend Kathleen's 30th birthday in an unforgettable way : a romantic dinner, a stunning view and the surprise of her family and friends calling at 10' interval !
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Hard working women and children (left) and scenes of Udaipur city
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We are fine again !
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