Monthly Archives: November 2013

Chhatra Sagar in Pictures

A glimpse of Chhatra Sagar and its surrounds. Click here to see them Number of Views :3368

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Thursday 7th November 2013 Udaipur

Today was fabulous, I enjoyed it all 🙂 We caught the hotel boat over to the mainland around 9am and met with our guide Girish, we had a good time with him, he was a great guide. Number of Views … Continue reading

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6 Nov 2013 Chhatra Sagar to Udaipur, Rajasthan India

We had a long drive down to Udaipur, along basically a secondary road. They are doing lots of upgrades and we were on a highway at one point, and a Tollway on another, but it was hard to tell the … Continue reading

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5 Nov 2013 Chhatra Sagar, Nimaj, Rajasthan

Hi to Ella and the other children of Mrs Brunger class at East Marden Public School, we hear that you are studying India now. We hope you like our blog and can learn a little about the parts of India … Continue reading

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4 Nov 2013 Jodhpur to Chhatra Sagar

We started the day slowly, and had a bit of a lie in before breakfast at 9:30. The fireworks went all night, even at 9:30am you could still hear crackers going off around the town. I took the opportunity of … Continue reading

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Sun 3 Nov 2013 Jodhpur – Diwali

Happy Diwali everyone, may Laxmi smile on you. The day is still, very smoggy and feels like it will be warm, the sky is a dirty grey colour and its hard to make out if there are any clouds or … Continue reading

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2 Nov 2013 Jaipur to Jodhpur through the Thar Desert

We said goodbye to Jaipur around 9am and headed west to Jodhpur, 330kms, or 6 1/2 hrs driving including a couple of stops. Yes even on the highways here you only allow about 50-60km/hr average driving speeds, this allows for … Continue reading

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1 Nov Jaipur Our Anniversary Dinner Rambagh Palace

We had a special dinner organised for us by A&K, to help us celebrate our Anniversary. We went to the foyer at 7pm and were met by a young woman from Guest Dining Services (she was more preoccupied with her … Continue reading

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1 Nov 2013 Jaipur Happy Diwali

We had a very slow start to our day, breakfast at 9:30am and pick-up by our guide at 11am. We headed into the City Palace and got a Rickshaw for a ride around town, visiting several markets, they all seemed … Continue reading

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Thurs 31 Oct 2013 Jaipur

Breakfast at a very repectable 8am was a very nice change from the early starts we have been having. We went down for breakfast, and were given a glass of Champagne to go with our meal. What a way to … Continue reading

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