After a long day

Dear Friend, for some reason the past few photos I wanted to publish are not going through. Both in Jodhpur and here in Udaipur, I can only make phone calls and send text messages from my cell, I have no ability of sending email, therefore the photoblog can't be updated as easily.

I had a long, tiresome but very productive day. I departed Pushkar at 7am this morning and we made the trip in 4 hours to Jodhpur (I made a good choice hiring a driving rather than relying on the bus). Once in Jodhpur I did the needeful: drop my luggage and took an auto rickshaw to the fantastic Meherangarh Fort. Amazing does not describe give justice to it. Perched up high in the old town gives it a dramatic look to it, and the views of the blue city below are gorgeous. After 2 hours touring the fort it was time to pick the baggage and head to the airport to catch the flight to Udaipur. I arrived exhausted to the hotel and took a long needed nap. I just finished dinner up in one of the guesthouses around. Despite Lake Pichola being almost dry, the look of the palaces are still magnificient. Especially in the evening where with lights it really gives an extremely romantic undertone to the city. I luckyly missed the daily showing of 007's Octupussy (it was filmed here) that is shown in many restaurants at 7pm.

I hope that my cell phone works and that I am able to publish photos, but if not I will keep on taking them and publish them once I am back in Delhi in Saturday.