The Venice of India

Udaipur - Day 2
The one other ‘must see/must do’ in Udaipur is a boat ride around the Lake.  But first a visit to the bus station to straighten out the trip to Ahmedabad.  The ever-eager tuk tuk driver takes us, waits while we square away the ticket (no, we do not want a ‘Sleeper Birth’) and then takes us to one of the ghats where we are the last people on the boat.  We are the only Westerners; the Indians are all wearing their life jackets!  We’d anticipated a stop at Shangiwarh (sp?) Island but we just do a drive by . . .

No surprise, the White Palace is now a Taj Hotel.

Our new friend from Varanasi, Mariana, has emailed me with a restaurant recommendation.  It's just over the footbridge, and Paul and Debbie have gone to check it out for our dinner tonight.  Turns out it’s quite swish and they can only ‘seat us’ at 7:30 – we’ve all left our formal wear at home so decide to catch one of the other spots across the footbridge.  Lovely, lovely spot . . . it really is the Venice of India; I can understand why it’s so popular.  Sorry we don't have more time here.

Delightful dinner with Debbie and Paul, getting to know them, finding so much to share . . . again, I marvel at the wonder of fate . . . what are the chances that we would all be in the same hotel at exactly the same time, and Paul would just happen to be sitting on the rooftop when we checked in??  I do hope we see them again, somewhere, somehow . . .  we will certainly stay in touch.  

Two very happy couples!

Good night new friends, good night Udaipur!