I spent yesterday afternoon relaxing at my hotel, reading after hacing checked out and waiting for my 10pm sleeper train to Udaipur. I also played a little cricket with the hotel staff and ended up joking around with them for a few hours, what a bunch of nice kids. I got my second formal invitation to stay at th e recepcionist house if I ever go back to Jaipur. They also gave3 me a 40 rps discounnt and wouldn't take tips from me. Finally, one of them, the oldest, gave me a ridee to the train station on his vespa and I didn't even have to pay a rickshaw. Even so I am watching my money because I am doing as lot of sightseeing and don't want to have to watch my money when I get to the beach in Goa...that is the most expensive place where I 'll be staying by far and dont want to have to worry.
Uneventful train ride, I even managed to sleep a few hours...Arrived at 8 am and went straight to my hotel, was thinking about taking a little nap but had breakfast instead and decided to go for a short walk. Visited the City Palace and de Maharaja's collection of vintage cars, including the Rolls Royce Phantom they used in Octopussy! Yes, this is the place where they shot it, and in case u don't know that already when u get here there's all kinds of sings wich remind u they will be showing the movie tonigh, and tomorrow night, too!
Also visited a little village a few km outta town where they were having the last day of their winter festival. It was ok, I saw some performances. The best thing was to watch all the young peolpe dressed up looking for badgee (slang for pussy, or so my friends from the Jaipur Hotel told me...) hehe.
Ready to get some dinner at any one of the rooftop restaurants that surround the city.
So far my stomach seems to be holding up pretty good, and I eat at the street stalls any change I get...
The further away I have been getting from Delhi and the closer to the desert the more laid back this has become, and I welcome that. Delhi was kind of hectic. I can't imagine anything more laid back than miles and miles oif sand dunens surrounding u...but we'll get to that in a few days.
