22/03/2010

The journey last night was terrible; I didn’t sleep well at all. Emer did as she had 2 sleeping pills and I only had one. We arrived at the bus station two hours before we were suppose to at 6 am. Where we got a tuk-tuk to a hostel offering dorm beds, this is always good because you get to meet other travelers much easier, as I think I have mentioned before in a previous post.

We met a Swedish girl (Lena) and a German couple (Wolf and Sunny) when we arrived and I got a little bit of a camera lesson with the couple as they were professional photographers and they had about $6000 worth of equipment. After a long chat with them I needed to catch up on some sleep.

Emer and I wondered around the town ripping on each other as a laugh and to keep us entertained, its funny she can take the abuse I give her very well… anyway we grabbed some samosas for lunch and headed back to the hostel where we met with Lena and went to see a Rajasthani dance performance in a 18^th-century museum by the Ghat.

The whole performance was well impressive with dances, a very funny puppet show and one lady who danced with a hefty weight of ceramic pots towering above her head. I was able to take a few pictures but because of the low lighting it was difficult.

We chilled at the hostel for rest of the evening with a fantastic view of the Janiwas Island Palace resort which was used in the James Bond film Octopussy.

I also met some French guys who cycled to Udiapur from France and had cycled 7800km, making their way to Vietnam; I gave them some advice on where to go and roads to use and went to bed.

Night View of Palace, Udaipur

Woman supporting pots on her head whilst stepping on broken glass

Morning Pano view from Lal Ghat, Udiapur