We had a leisurely breakfast at our Udaipur hotel, Taj Fateh Prakash Palace, this morning. Santosh picked us up at 11:15 and dropped us at the Udaipur airport. We flew to Delhi, with an overnight stay. We will fly to London tomorrow, then on to Lectoure.
We have had an amazing 13 days in India, and an interesting and wonderful six weeks of travel in Southeast Asia and Australia since March 14. Favorite memories include:
1. Angkor Wat in Siem Reap Cambodia
2. Jim Thompson House Museum, Grand Palace and Wat Pho in Bangkok
3. Vietnamese House restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Amok in Siem Reap, Sticky Rice with Mango at K. Panich, Mango Smoothie at Hey Mango in Phuket, White Coffee in Panang
4. Food Tour in Penang
5. Enjoying two days in Singapore, discovering Gardens on the Bay, Chinatown, India Town, and new cuisines with Genevieve and Marcel
6. Six days in Sydney - seafood lunch with Fran and Dave and a Lebanese dinner with Henry and Suha, Botanic Garden, walk from Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach
7. Flying over the Great Barrier Reef
8. Visit to Singapore Botanic Garden with Florence and Tony
9. Imperial Hotel in Delhi, Samode Haveli in Jaipur, RAAS Hotel in Jodhpur, and Taj Fateh Pratash Palace in Udaipur
10. Visiting the Taj Mahal
11. Dinner with Meeta and Ashok in their home in Jaipur
12. Visiting Forts of Rajasthan
13. Plus many more special moments along the way… Motos used as family vehicle, with up to 5 people, lots of honking, cows roaming wherever they want - in cities, countryside, people lining up to buy a breakfast samosa in cities, trash and piles of rubbish everywhere - along the road, piled along streets, filling the curbside, women dressed in fine clothes everywhere, fruit and vegetable stands, people at temples everyday everywhere.
We savored the last few hours in our hotel in Udaipur, enjoying the view of Lake Pichola and Taj Lake Palace, with the morning reflections, from our room.
