Feb 28 continued
This area is a dry forest and part of the Aravalis mountian range. There is green and white marble, soap stone, phosphorous, zinc, silver quarries, cement factories, emorald, and onyx.
Udaipur, a prosperous and beautiful city of 500,000 people, is 2700 ft above sea level with 5 large lakes.
I check into the Trident Hilton hotel and stay in the best suite with fantastic views of its many acres of beautiful gardens, and Lake Pichola (picture 4 and 5). This hotel is elegant with green marble floors throughout, and excellent service. I feel guilty spending the money but I was told it was the only available room.
My guide explains to me that in the Sunday newspaper there are 4 - 5 pages of "Matrimonial Alliances" by familiies looking for a bride or grom for their adult children. Each caste has their own columes, with 2- 3 pages of advertizing looking for brides and 2-3 pages looking for grooms. The newspaper is used onlY if an intermediary didn't find a suitable match or due to incompatable horoscopes.
Jan 29
With my guide I visit the City Palace which started being built in 1559 and continued over 300 years with additions by 22 King descendants. Rajasthan is the land of the Kings, with 22 princely states prior to independence in 1948. Each state was named after the king. The Palace has a King side separate from the Queen side. The outside is constructed out of white marble, and limestone, and the inside has limestone mixed with coconut oil which when polished looks like marble. There is colored glass from Persia and China, and hand painted tiles from England and China (picture 1). The inticately carved Ivory, Belgium crystal and Dutch tiles were considered a status symbol. I take a picture (2) of the city from here. We walk through the old city and its colorful markets (picture 3).
I return to the hotel after spending 3 hrs at the internet cafe, and meet a man who grew up in East Germany, lives in Berlin, is a journalist, an accupunturist, and a tour guide with an american group staying at my hotel. We are sitting on a couch in the bar and watch 20 people hanging out who are involved in filming a 3rd sequal disney film called 'Cheeta Girls'. The director started talking to me and invited me to join them. They will stay in this hotel for several months.
This area is a dry forest and part of the Aravalis mountian range. There is green and white marble, soap stone, phosphorous, zinc, silver quarries, cement factories, emorald, and onyx.
Udaipur, a prosperous and beautiful city of 500,000 people, is 2700 ft above sea level with 5 large lakes.
I check into the Trident Hilton hotel and stay in the best suite with fantastic views of its many acres of beautiful gardens, and Lake Pichola (picture 4 and 5). This hotel is elegant with green marble floors throughout, and excellent service. I feel guilty spending the money but I was told it was the only available room.
My guide explains to me that in the Sunday newspaper there are 4 - 5 pages of "Matrimonial Alliances" by familiies looking for a bride or grom for their adult children. Each caste has their own columes, with 2- 3 pages of advertizing looking for brides and 2-3 pages looking for grooms. The newspaper is used onlY if an intermediary didn't find a suitable match or due to incompatable horoscopes.
Jan 29
With my guide I visit the City Palace which started being built in 1559 and continued over 300 years with additions by 22 King descendants. Rajasthan is the land of the Kings, with 22 princely states prior to independence in 1948. Each state was named after the king. The Palace has a King side separate from the Queen side. The outside is constructed out of white marble, and limestone, and the inside has limestone mixed with coconut oil which when polished looks like marble. There is colored glass from Persia and China, and hand painted tiles from England and China (picture 1). The inticately carved Ivory, Belgium crystal and Dutch tiles were considered a status symbol. I take a picture (2) of the city from here. We walk through the old city and its colorful markets (picture 3).
I return to the hotel after spending 3 hrs at the internet cafe, and meet a man who grew up in East Germany, lives in Berlin, is a journalist, an accupunturist, and a tour guide with an american group staying at my hotel. We are sitting on a couch in the bar and watch 20 people hanging out who are involved in filming a 3rd sequal disney film called 'Cheeta Girls'. The director started talking to me and invited me to join them. They will stay in this hotel for several months.
Udaipur seems less about survival and more about living and enjoying life then I have seen so far in India
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