RAJASTHAN TRIP

23.08.14 – Udaipur

Morning we drove to  Jaisamand, 1 1/2 hour drive away from city. We were accompanied by Nihal, his wife Monika and their pretty and sprity daughter Pehal (pet name Anni).  Anni kept us all occupied throughout our trip and also she danced so beautifully in the evening at home. Jaisamand Lake is Asia's second-largest artificial lake,  with lots of fishes, was created in the 17th century when Rana Jai Singh of Udaipur built a marble dam across the Gomati River.  On either side of the lake  are the palaces built for the past kings favourite queens. Graceful marble chhatris flank the embankment and beautiful summer palaces of the Udaipur queens. We went for 1 hour boat  ride around,  surrounded by hills. To add to our fun, it started raining heavily and we enjoyed ourselves.  Outside at the Dhabha we stopped and  had freshly fried fish. It was yummy. We returned back to city but it was continuously raining and we could not move out and so we just chilled out at our hotel. Evening we were invited to Kern's classmate Nihal’s place where we were served traditional Mewar food of Dal-Bhati-Churma, eating sitting on the floor. We were treated royally, offering turban to the men folks  as sign of honor, and the ladies were gifted with sarees and bangles. It was a lovely evening spent with their family.

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Our trip to Rajasthan, though hectic and lots of driving, was lovely and exciting. The experience in Jaiselmar was mind blowing and the best hotel we stayed was in Kumbalgarh.