Our drive continues to Udaipur, but it’s not without our fare share of trouble. Yep! You guess it we are having more troubles this time it’s not as simple as buying a new battery. We make a booking to get on a local bus leave our driver (Phil) behind to run repairs. We jump on the local bus to head to Udaipur only to find that there were not enough seats and we had to share the sleepers. All squeeze and hope it’s a quick ride.
After a few hours we see our truck driving past flag it down and move from local transport back to the comfort of the truck. UDAIPUR HERE WE COME!!
Unfortunately we arrived to our hotel late evening so its dinner and right to bed. Tomorrow is Diwale, which means we have all day and night to explore the now and celebrate with the locals well into the night.
I need to make sure I have covered all the major sights before I start celebrating Diwale with the locals, so first thing is first I am off to the City Palace, which towers over the rest of the buildings in the city, not surprising really as this is the largest palace complex in Rajasthan. The City Palace sits on the shore of Lake Pichola, which has several royal palaces, the most spectacular of which is probably the floating Lake Palace, made famous in the Bond film “Octopussy”.
After a few hours we see our truck driving past flag it down and move from local transport back to the comfort of the truck. UDAIPUR HERE WE COME!!
Unfortunately we arrived to our hotel late evening so its dinner and right to bed. Tomorrow is Diwale, which means we have all day and night to explore the now and celebrate with the locals well into the night.
I need to make sure I have covered all the major sights before I start celebrating Diwale with the locals, so first thing is first I am off to the City Palace, which towers over the rest of the buildings in the city, not surprising really as this is the largest palace complex in Rajasthan. The City Palace sits on the shore of Lake Pichola, which has several royal palaces, the most spectacular of which is probably the floating Lake Palace, made famous in the Bond film “Octopussy”.
As I continue to explore the city I find myself walking through all the back streets umm... this was not part of my plan as I walk slowly trying to work out how to get myself back to the main street I start to notice all the families getting ready for the nights celebrations ahead. So no trimming of trees etc... like we would for Christmas, instead they paint/decorate the entrance to their homes. It’s time to meet the group and walk across the lake to sit at the waters front to have dinner and watch the fireworks. Katherine bought sparklers earlier that day so we could join in with the celebrations, Awe! It feels like I am 5 again. The city continues to celebrate as we make our way back to our hotel ready for another early start.
