Monday, November 8, 2010
Udaipur - Rajasthan
After a long days traveling (3 hour bus, 9 train and another 9 hour train) we made it to Udaipur. Beautiful City feathered in the Bond movie Otopussy;1983. We stayed in the Lalghat Guest House - Highly recommended at 400 rupees a night for a double with a lake view. Eating at the small local places is rapidly becoming a favorite pass time.
After a couple of days viewing the local sights, we walked out of town a little to where the locals go. What a change of pace. We had enough space to interact with the locals on a basically good level - love them!
Next stop Jaipur: more smog, but many sights to see. I believe I'll try some yoga with Michele - shocking! We leave at 10:20 tonight on a sleeper train. I don't sleep well, but I do get rested and it's much better that day time travel.
Meeting other travelers is a very enriching experience. We have had a couple of late nights chatting; you also gain a lot of information (places to stay, things to watch out for and places to see).
All the best for now, and love from Mark and Michele
Photo Link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083168&id=1075549684&l=8c8adf95a6
After a couple of days viewing the local sights, we walked out of town a little to where the locals go. What a change of pace. We had enough space to interact with the locals on a basically good level - love them!
Next stop Jaipur: more smog, but many sights to see. I believe I'll try some yoga with Michele - shocking! We leave at 10:20 tonight on a sleeper train. I don't sleep well, but I do get rested and it's much better that day time travel.
Meeting other travelers is a very enriching experience. We have had a couple of late nights chatting; you also gain a lot of information (places to stay, things to watch out for and places to see).
All the best for now, and love from Mark and Michele
Photo Link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083168&id=1075549684&l=8c8adf95a6
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
India: Travelers Paradise?
So far Michele and I have figured that India is not a travelers paradise. Traveling here is very stressful, everything form catching trains to leaving the train station and finding a hotel. Too many people want to take advantage of you (or earn money from you is a better way of putting it), but we are becoming street wise very fast. You want to go to a specific hotel and they'll take you to any one but the one you are looking for, but we now know that we can report them if they are misbehaving.....
The trick is to take breaks. Landing in Diu has been a paradise. Very relaxed, no pressure form anyone. It has allowed us to rest up, clean our clothes and prepare for the next leg of our journey: Rajasthan - I'm quite excited now that I'm rested up and have booked a couple of hotels......
Check the facebook photo link for photos of Diu.....
More next time, love to you all.......
The trick is to take breaks. Landing in Diu has been a paradise. Very relaxed, no pressure form anyone. It has allowed us to rest up, clean our clothes and prepare for the next leg of our journey: Rajasthan - I'm quite excited now that I'm rested up and have booked a couple of hotels......
Check the facebook photo link for photos of Diu.....
More next time, love to you all.......
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