Udaipur

Day 115 - Day 117.

It seems like this is becoming a common opening line for India so far, but arriving in Udaipur from Jaisalmer once again felt like we had stepped into a totally new country, overnight going from baron desert to a landscape of countless lakes and luscious green parks.

It's worth noting we survived a brief rabies scare on the bus, and by rabies scare I mean I was slightly over paranoid I might have caught rabies - googling the symptoms whilst experiencing a painful headache on the bus only exasbereated my worries. Ellie, as always, in the midst of a potential crisis (this being a fatal disease and all) laughed it off and continued on with her podcast. Fortunately (mainly for her consience) the symptoms subsided on arrival, a mere 12 hours later. We concluded therefore that me sharing food off a plate with a stray desert dog did not manage to transfer the disease over to me - phew!

Udaipur is a town of rooftops and for $5 a night we had splashed out but it was worth it for the views over the city - the free chai (and beer) at sunset was an added bonus also. We took advantage of the great views and relaxing atmosphere here to do some trip planning and booked a flight to the Phillipines come the 23rd of March!

We decided to enrol in a cooking class whilst here, not normally being for this type of organised fun this was an unusual decision but after hearing such good things we decided to give it a shot. Secretly I think after 4 months of eating out 3 times a day we genuinely crave real cooking ourselves, so if that can be fulfied by chopping up some veg with a few other tourists then so be it!

Actually it turned out to be great fun - limbsters chapati making being a real highlight for all involved. Sadly Peshwari Naan wasn't on the menu, or has it been anywhere in India to date leading us to only conclude it must truly be an English speciality & the hunt continues.

Had an hour apart one day around town whilst Ellie was on Skype. Surreal feeling on a solo explore, like a proper little adventure even though most of my time was spent haggling for artwork.

P.s. - Note to self, lying to limbster re price never works - if you've overpaid for some old indian art just come clean, she always finds out.Read more