Udaipur
This was one of our favourite places. It had lots of little streets with arts and craft shops. We stayed in a lovely hotel overlooking the lake. We only had two days here but filled them! First we got dresses tailor made, which after a few hiccups and adjustments turned out to be beautiful. Then we got full body massages which we were very worried about but were wonderful. In the evening we went to a performance of different kinds of dance throughout West India. This was really impressive and took place in a palace courtyard.On the second day we went to a mock-traditional Indian village. This had a variety of styles of houses; from mud-huts to Portugese influenced royal homes. We had a guide who told us so much about life in India, and loads about his own life. As we went round, families from villages danced for us. They come to the village for a couple of weeks at a time, and perform, then go back to their villages. This makes it very authentic. There was a fair amount of cross dressing involved...and at one point Amy and I got dragged into a gypsy snake charmer dance!
After this we went shopping, ate and got our next train.
posted by Amy & Annie @ 8:10 AM
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