Around Udaipur’s City Palace: The House of Maharana
I wake early this morning with Bombay Belly. This is the 1st time on the trip either of us has come down with anything except a cold. I go down to breakfast, but halfway through retreat to the comfort of our bathroom. We are...
The Midnight Train to Jaipur
Our last day in Udaipur and the Lake Palace is a quiet one. We have secured a late check-out time from the hotel and plan to take advantage of their ample sitting and viewing spaces outside of our room to try and catch up on some...
Like Royalty at the Lake Palace Hotel
At 8 a.m. Manu is at the hotel door, waiting. Our bags loaded, we set off for Udaipur, famed for its palace turned hotel floating in Lake Pichola. It is a 260-kilometre drive, and Manu says it will take about 5 hours. The Border...
At the Modhera Sun Temple in Ahmedabad
When we were in Mumbai, and told people there that we were coming to Ahmedabad, they all, universally, asked “why?” Ahmedabad is famous for its textiles – we have been told many times since arriving that...