It’s been a brief but lovely visit to Udaipur, it was definitely worth the long train ride (and a bit of a detour) to get here. India is full of so many contrasts. We go from days that are intense, busy, full of noise and activity, to more peaceful, calm, and restful – Uidapur has largely been like that. Being beside the lake has been lovely – it’s true what they say, ‘life is better by water’.

After a day of sightseeing we had a little rest before we went up to the hotel’s rooftop restaurant terrace to watch the sun set over Lake Pichola – it was beautiful.

Later we went for an evening stroll to a little lakeside park surrounding a small temple just next to the hotel to watch the lights of the palaces reflected in the lake. It was a very pretty sight. Just as we got back to our hotel someone put a fireworks display on just for us! We literally stepped outside our hotel room to watch it. After a good nights sleep, we are ready for our next (not such a long) train journey to Jaipur – the pink city.