Udaipur
Our first day in Udaipur was a day of organising and catching up on life admin. But first of all, we needed to develop the will strength to get out of bed, something that proved to be quiet hard today. Despite the stained & thin bed linen & pillows that needed to be replaced, the bed was comfortable, we had privacy in our own hotel room and we had each other. Something that is taken for granted until you spend your time in seperate bunk beds sharing a dorm with strangers.
The hotel’s WIFI signal unfortunately doesn’t reach into our bedroom & being a hotel there isn’t a common room. All interneting has to be done at local café’s and restaurants, definitely not the worst inconvenience.
We head off at around 10am to a nearby café but unfortunately there WIFI isn’t working at the moment and after breakfast here we move on. We walk through a local park, that looked like it had a lot of potential at one point but is now in a nearly total state of disrepair. At one point it looks like it must of been a grand garden with a large pool.
We entered the park, with the intention of walking through and out the other side, but when we got to the other side, the gates had been padlocked shut and the pointy spikes ornamenting the top of the fence were a very capable deterrent, forcing us to walk around the whole park and nearly back to the entry point before we could get out. Once out we went to another café that did have WIFI, though it was very slow. Despite this the café offered a nice menu selection, recycled furniture, craft & a nice atmosphere, creating a nice place to chill out for a few hours and drink gin.
Once we had finished drinking gin (life admin cough cough) We made our way to a travel agent to book an overnight train to New Delhi & get a confirmation straight away. Unfortunately at this late stage, if we book our own train tickets there is no guarantee or way of getting a confirmation. However, we can look up the train times and cost ensuring we don’t get ripped off and only pay a standard commission fee.
After booking our train ticket we headed back to the hotel for an early night.
The day did go by rather fast but was very productive.
Our first day in Udaipur was a day of organising and catching up on life admin. But first of all, we needed to develop the will strength to get out of bed, something that proved to be quiet hard today. Despite the stained & thin bed linen & pillows that needed to be replaced, the bed was comfortable, we had privacy in our own hotel room and we had each other. Something that is taken for granted until you spend your time in seperate bunk beds sharing a dorm with strangers.
The hotel’s WIFI signal unfortunately doesn’t reach into our bedroom & being a hotel there isn’t a common room. All interneting has to be done at local café’s and restaurants, definitely not the worst inconvenience.
We head off at around 10am to a nearby café but unfortunately there WIFI isn’t working at the moment and after breakfast here we move on. We walk through a local park, that looked like it had a lot of potential at one point but is now in a nearly total state of disrepair. At one point it looks like it must of been a grand garden with a large pool.
We entered the park, with the intention of walking through and out the other side, but when we got to the other side, the gates had been padlocked shut and the pointy spikes ornamenting the top of the fence were a very capable deterrent, forcing us to walk around the whole park and nearly back to the entry point before we could get out. Once out we went to another café that did have WIFI, though it was very slow. Despite this the café offered a nice menu selection, recycled furniture, craft & a nice atmosphere, creating a nice place to chill out for a few hours and drink gin.
Monsoon season is upon us and shortly after we arrived the thunder clouds rolled in and heavy rain fell, disturbing the weak WIFI signal that we did have. At least we got a nice view of the storm and everything smelt fresh & clean afterwards.
Once we had finished drinking gin (life admin cough cough) We made our way to a travel agent to book an overnight train to New Delhi & get a confirmation straight away. Unfortunately at this late stage, if we book our own train tickets there is no guarantee or way of getting a confirmation. However, we can look up the train times and cost ensuring we don’t get ripped off and only pay a standard commission fee.
After booking our train ticket we headed back to the hotel for an early night.
The day did go by rather fast but was very productive.
- Alli
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