Tuesday 15th November
Last night we arrived in Udaipur, also known as the city of the lakes. Our hotel is situated on Lake Pichola, one of these lakes. Udaipur is also known for its beautiful gardens which we visited today followed by a boat trip on the lakes. We also visited the City Palace, a conglomerate of 11 palaces all overlooking the lakes. I took photos but again am unable to upload them.
We visited an art studio where they made historical and cultural drawings using camel eyelashes as bristles for the brushes. The backings were made from various materials such as silk, arabic gum and ground camel bones. We were given a talk about the method of the paintings and they plied us with rum and coke in the hope that we would actually buy the wares. What the rum actually did was turn the adults into naughty school kids. We couldn’t stop laughing.
Tomorrow we’ll be visiting Ranakpur and Jodhpur.