Udaipur

Sorry for the delay in posting, I've been busy sitting on my ass and doing absolutely nothing. I arrived in Udaipur on Tuesday afternoon having spent a lovely 17 hour journey on the train from Delhi in carriage with sour-faced Russian family, all good fun. I kid you not my least pleasant moments so far this trip have been due to other travellers, not the bad smells, bad stomachs, dead rats, poor street-kids, hawkers or conmen.... it's other fucking westerners.

That said, Udaipur has been kind to me, not only have I been lucky enough to bump into some really nice travellers but the place itself is beautiful... the perfect following on point from Delhi... so quiet and pretty in comparison (when I manage to upload my photos you'll be able to see the difference in view from my Delhi hovel to my Udaipur guesthouse...). I arrived to my hotel and was stunned by beautiful views from my windows and rooftops... and the silence... quite a relief! I didn't do much for the first couple of days... just enjoyed the lack of pressure to do or go anywhere... I'm hopefully going to be here for a few weeks so there's no rush to see everything. Met a cool English guy called Ian, he left yesterday but we hung out for a while, mainly doing sod-all other than sitting in the sun and drinking tea... which was great. Through Ian I met a couple called Duncan and Ellen who are lovely and who have been keeping me company since yesterday... much of the same, tea, beer and sun... grand. Not much else to report from Udaipur... just lots of sun, beautiful landscapes and waiting to hear back from the NGO who are being a little bit silent at the moment...

Will post again when there's more to report (sorry for lack of photos but Flickr is pretty shit I have discovered and its taken me about half an hour to upload 1 photo... will try again in a day or so)...