wow, what a welcome to Udaipur. after survining what almost felt like the plane suddeny going into freefall and shaking everywhere (which im told was just our decent into udaipur) we got off the plane and loaded into and od bus, with a lovely message painted on the back of the seats. " please kindly check under the seat, as there may be a bomb. please inform police" i think that last bit went without saying really.....
so here i am, in the beautiful city of udaipur, famous for it's lakes, in the midde of summer when they are all dry (dodgy keyboard, so pease bare with me!)
but it stil a relief to be out of mumbai. it was interesting enough, but was really just another giant big city. i managed to make it into town and found the hotel ok, with mum and dad waiting outside, only getting sort of lost once.
we did a bit of a tour of the city, visiting a few temples and what not, but i was still feeling a bit jet lagged, home sick and emotional from leaving the uk. we visited the slums featured in slumdog millionare. they are nothing flash let me assure you. and the smell....
my hair has certainly been drawing lots of atytention. curious looks from kids, dissaproving looks from the elderly and numerous offers of all typpes of substances from the rickshaw drivers. smokie, hash, opium... i must look like a prime customer to them.
our hotel her has a beautiful rooftop area that overlooks the old town, you cant see to far into the distance due to the dust. it rained a bit last night, but sady not enough to settle the dust. however it was the first time i had thunder and lightning since leaving home! although the temperature dropped, by the time i went to bed it was again so hot i had to ay a wet coth over me, as the fan was just bowing around hot air. i've become too used to the mid and cold conditions of the uk! the weather here is similar to home in summer.
from here we plan to head out to jaislimeer, in the midde of the desert. nice and hotter yet! and hopefuly go on a came safari if we can handle it. this keyboard is doing my head in, so more later!
