Hello all from Udaipur,
We have had a whirlwind tour of Rajasthan India. We are staying at such beautiful hotels but have had very limited time in them as we spend the day touring and end up back at the hotel to eat and go to bed! As I mentioned Jaipur in my last post, Jaipur was amazing. Someone read that there were 170 people hospitalized from burns due to firecrackers in the Jaipur area.
In Jaipur we saw the fort, the city palace and Jantar Mantar (the observatory). It was great. Then we drove to Jodhpur (yes the pants Jodhpurs come from this city). We stayed in a Taj hotel that was lovely. We were late getting there so touring the town started the next morning after breakfast. We went to the Mehrangarh Fort. It was very crowded as a lot of Indians are on holidays for Diwali. Also, the King of Bhutan was visiting the fort at the same time.
We all loved the fort…then we went to a gift shop and bazaar…after dinner we had a Rajasthani dance recital. It was funny because they thought I understood the language but I could only pick out some of the Hindi words, anyways
it was nice evening.
Today we spent the day driving to Udaipur. Our day included lunch in a lovely mango tree resort and hotel, a visit to a fabulous Jain temple in Ranakpur and then a drive through the mountains. Tonight we have a free evening and then we off to Ahmedabad after touring Udaipur tomorrow morning. Then it is an early morning flight to Mumbai. I will try to call the Bhatts in Ahmedabad if we get there early. The tour is keeping both Larry and I very busy so we are looking
forward to our respite on November 3.
Very exciting news – Savita is going to join us on November 5th in Mumbai (Bombay). She will spend the rest of the vacation with us and fly back to England on November 17th, (the same day as us but on British airways) We are really looking forward to this.
Okay must sign off.
Take care,
Jo and Larry
