Be sure to read Hailey's version of our trip to Udaipur, below.
Before you read this let me tell you something: Udaipur is a boring city. It’s just a bigger sized Baroda, that’s all. If you go to India DO NOT GO THERE!
The first day we were in Udaipur my dad and I went to the City Palace (What Hailey did is at the end of this). Like always when we arrived we saw a guy and of course he offered us a tour. We said okay and it began. There were three buildings: one for the king, one for the queen and one for the grandmother.
We went into the kings building and the guide told us all about the City Palace. There were just a lot of rooms in the palace, one for eating, one for relaxing and one for sleeping-there were 
alot of others, I just don’t know what those were for. When we were walking back to the hotel this man came up to us. He would have been just as bad as Raj but thankfully he wasn’t our tour guide. He kept following us around like a beggar asking us to come to his store. He said he has friends from New York, L.A., Chicago, Boston, Denver. But, let me tell you: who would want to be his friend? No one. My opinion: The palace wasn’t so great.
The next and, thankfully, the last day in Udaipur my dad and I went to the Maharajas car collection. He has about thirty cars from the thirties to the sixties. I thought that they were okay. After we saw the car collection we got into a rickshaw and went to where Hailey and my mom were making a Ganesh. We saw the same guy watching them. He probably thought he was so cool because he knew one American song. He kept singing to us: “buffalo soldier, ba ba bam bam walks to America ba ba bam ba ba bam...” It was pathetic. When we were leaving to go to the bus station Raj#2 said “No rupees for me!?” He saw that we were tipping the bell-boy so he thought that he deserved some money too. But of course he didn’t.
Sloan
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1 comment:
Well, after reading what you and Hailey had to report about Udaipur, none of us will be rushing off to go there! When you are traveling for a long stretch, you always hit a few places which aren't fabulous - partly because you are going to so many places that are!
Upward and onward!!!!
We have been freezing here, but the
excitement over the new President is really great. Today HBO is running a free concert to all from Washington. Lot's of parties, and events going on all over the country in celebration. It feels really great to have hope for a better country and world for all. There are many musicians playing at the various parties and balls the night he is inaugurated - which is Tueaday. Beyonce is singing for their first dance.
It's a secret what song she will sing!
As always, it is fun to read what you are up to. Last night I had dinner with friends who have an 11 year old son. We were looking at your blog - he was very jealous, and immediately wanted to leave school and travel. Is there anyone left in India who hasn't stared at you all by now? I bet you will love the anonymity of NYC
when you come home!Big hugs all of you. Thanks for blogging - so much fun to hear the latest expeditions.
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