(Thank God for) Udaipur
Trip Start
May 04, 2009
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Trip End
Jul 30, 2009
Where I stayed
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
I needed a miracle to lift my spirits - suffice to say its lucky I chose Udaipur!
Absoloutely fantastic place, with the perfect hotel and a couple of bookshops (I had started to run out)
I will write more and upload more pictures when I find a cafe with better connection speed, as I have been her now for 2 hours.
After spending my first day in Udaipur reading and drinking tea on the rooftop of the hotel, I decided to venture outside and explore the city. I visited the City Palace, situated on the bank of Lake Pichola, the inside of which had been reconstructed as a museum. It is a beautiful building, complete with turrets, a huge courtyard and hundreds of plush corridors and all sorts of engravings and pillars throughout. The views of the city from the palace were breathtaking, but my pictures don't really do it justice.
I then visited Jagdish temple, which is about 200m from my hotel. I had to take off my shoes before entering and burnt the bottom of my feet by doing so - the temperature hasn't dropped below 40 degrees since I got here. The Temple itself was impressive - I didn't really feel welcome there though, so I took one or two photos and left. Photography inside the temple is strictly forbidden.
I'm getting used to the more relaxed side of things here, and take great pleasure in simply walking about. I get hassled occassionally by local rickshaw drivers or shop keepers, but not excessively. It strikes me that the people of Udaipur are genuinely friendlier than most, in that they will stop you in the street and converse with you casually, without agenda. Of course some will eventually try and sell you something, but today for example, I had a walk with a local and talked with him for about half an hour - after which he shook my hand and just walked off.
Planning on staying here for another week or so, then heading to Jodhpur.
O ia - Diolch o galon am yr holl negeseuon gan bawb, dwi wrth fy modd yn mynd ar-lein a cael clywed gan pawb adra! (Actually, dwi ddim yn siwr pam dwi'n sgwennu'r blog yn Saesneg!)
Diolch eto a dwi'n falch clwad bod gymaint yn enjoio darllan!
Comments
ngwas i!
Wel, Owain - am siwrna uffernol! Fedrai'm dychmygu eistedd mewn ffasiwn le am awr, heb son am 10! And that CAGE darling!!!! Cell block H or what? Ta waeth- rwyt yn cael dy wobrwyo rwan hefo dy le mewn paradwys! A llyfrau hefyd! Be well ? Falch droastot.
Boed i'r pleser barhau! xxxxxxxxx Mam
Never assume anything in India
Wow!, that was a close shave. You could have been stranded again in the middle of nowhere. Glad you have reach a pretty region now. Looked at your hotel. it looks grand. Have a well deverved hols in that area. c u soon
bruno
Or Diwedd
Owain bach ,meddwl amdanat yn teithio dan y fath gyfleusterau,rwyf fi yn mynd yn sal wrth deithio mewn bysus yn y wlad yma mi fuasai teithio fel 'roeddat ti wedi fy lladd go iawn,ond dwr dan y bont ydio erbyn hyn a diolch am hynny. Balch dy fod o'r diwedd wedi cyrraedd man boddhaol,felly meddylia am fwynhau dy hun o ddifrif ac enjoia pob munud ohono.Mae gwen yn anfon sws fawr iti ac yr ydym yn edrych ymlaen am y blog nesaf,Hwyl fawr XXXXXXXXXX
Waw!
wel be arall fedrai ddweud ar ol gweld y dudalen ddiwetha ar dy flog.Oasis pensaerniol ar ol y siwrna flin a chleisiog dwi'siwr.Ni'n dau wedi dotio at yr adeiliadau gosgeiddig a'r cerfio cywrain,ac wrth gwrs at sylwiadau y teithiwr praff.Falch dy fod yn dod dros y man anhawsderau a'r wen yn ol ar dy wyneb.Mwynha dy hun,swsus a hygs mawr.
Am ryddhad!
Falch i weld fod petha yn edrych i fynu rwan, ond i ddeud gwir, dwi ddim yn meddwl fysa nhw wedi gallu mynd dim is!
Ti siwr o gael ambell downars ar hyd y ffor, ond pan ti'n ffeindio 'gems' fel hyn neith o neud i chdi sylwi fod o i gyd werth o yn y diwadd. Joia, cymra bum munud i ymlacio fana rwan cyn symud ymlaen.
Lluniau gret!
Haia Owi! Hapus bod ti'n 'setlo' yn Udaipur! Braf cael aros mewn un lle i werthfawrogi'r lle go iawn yn hytrach na gwibio drwodd. Nifer o bobl yn dilyn y blog - neis gweld dy fod yn cael gymaint o negeseuon! Pawb yn iawn yma - edrych mlaen at wsnos o wyliau ymhen dipyn. Ebost hirach i ddilyn fory - mae hi'n hwyr rwan.xxxxxxxxxx
Gwych!
Owain,mae'r blog a'r lluniau yn ffantastic...diolch am ddod ag India yn fyw i mi.Cym ofal ac edrych ymlaen i weld a darllen mwy xx
typical fi!
Sorry am repeatio fi fy hun!
Owi Owi Owi the sprog
..hehehe...........sounds like you are having a whale of a time.........have you found your wife and 14 kids yet??? Am sure your Mum and Bruno would just love love an extended family.....
..........me hopes that you are following my advice and brainwashing concerning the water........I expect to see the stove blackened with soot and carbon upon your return - an end of tour inspection and debrief will be required.
Am sooooooooooo glad that you now seem to have fallen in with the way of the local - you could say just like the way of the Jedi - chilled and feeling the force - but in your case the mosi bites - ow ow.....mmmmmmmmm that sounds similar to owi owi.........am ranting a bit - but as you know that is me - but still thinking of you and hoping the best.........well will shoof off for now........when you get to Jhodpur you will have yo try out the tight trousers - am positive you will look decidely lovely in them.hahaha....take care Sproglet
rivited to my seat(unlike the toilet on the bus)
Owain..roed y blog yna yn funny a scary!!
Mae dy gyn athro ysgol gynradd (Mr Corps-my hubby)ynfalch iawn ohona ti and knew you would go far(pardon the pun!)Ti lot gwell na Ok!Mgazine-wirioneddol yn hoffi dy blogs,pob lwc,keep safe xx