Udaipur

An update from Arrangirl in India

Months ago, a colleague Katherine and I decided to take advantage of a long weekend and head to Udaipur – a beautiful city built round some lakes in Rajasthan. It’s a short flight from Delhi, but the drive to Udaipur from the airport took almost as long. The road was shut, we were taken to the wrong hotel (twice!), then had a rather long and tedious argument with an auto driver …

We got there in the end ‘though, and arrived at our charming haveli to be greeted with cups of chai & Oreo cookies.

Settled in, we decided to head out. We were yards away from the City Palace, and the sunset terrace sounded like the ideal place for a beer.

Turned out it was! Unfortunately we kinda missed sunset, but we drank Kingfisher, gazing out across Lake Pichhola, watching the ginormous bats flying overhead, wondering what the rich people over in the Taj Lake Palace were up to …