http://www.theidylldiaries.com Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:14:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-never-ending-journey-from-udaipur-to-mumabi/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-never-ending-journey-from-udaipur-to-mumabi/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:09:02 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=2105 I was due to be at Udaipur Airport at 3.30pm and had been reliably informed that the journey, from my guesthouse at Hanuman Ghat, would take no longer than one hour.  Having spent a fair while in India by this … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-never-ending-journey-from-udaipur-to-mumabi/feed/ 1 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-last-day-in-udaipur/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-last-day-in-udaipur/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:13:23 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=2081 An early morning phone call was made this morning. My fingers were dialing before I’d fully woken up.  Tom had spent the night on the street in Calcutta (something to do with being skint?!) and I was a little concerned … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-last-day-in-udaipur/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/another-day-in-udaipur/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/another-day-in-udaipur/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:49:14 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=2044 I started the day on my hotel’s rooftop watching the sunrise over a breakfast of coffee and mango lassi, before some aimless chai filled wanderings stole the best part of two hours.  I spent the ‘heat of the day’ basking … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/another-day-in-udaipur/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/back-in-udaipur/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/back-in-udaipur/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:14:22 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1954 After my night on the bus/street I checked into my room then went straight up to the rooftop for breakfast.  It was still early enough to catch the sunrise which was, as always, beautiful.  At 9am I ventured over the … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/back-in-udaipur/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/the-return-journey-from-pushkar-to-udaipur/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/the-return-journey-from-pushkar-to-udaipur/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:47:21 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1902 I was informed, by way of a phone call by the travel agent, that a taxi would collect me outside the Taj Hotel at 7pm.  It would, all going well, drive me into Ajmer from where I’d catch my bus … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/the-return-journey-from-pushkar-to-udaipur/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/pictures-from-pushkar-2/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/pictures-from-pushkar-2/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:36:53 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1891 Whilst in Pushkar I spent many hours wandering through it’s enchanting side streets, stopping along the way to fuel my chai habit and to take photographs of the pretty courtyards, quirky little shops and a number of other things that … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/pictures-from-pushkar-2/feed/ 2 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-second-day-in-pushkar/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-second-day-in-pushkar/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:26:56 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1877 This morning, as uausal, I was up before the sun.  After a couple of chai stops I made my way down to the lake for sunrise.  It was a beautiful way to start the day and so peaceful with only … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/my-second-day-in-pushkar/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/returning-to-pushkar/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/returning-to-pushkar/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:12:27 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1871 In venturing to the lake shores I was met by a much busier, chaotic Puskar than the one I had remembered.  Everyone was dressed up to the nines, holy men walked the streets in their droves parading their 6 legged … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/returning-to-pushkar/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/the-journey-from-udaipur-to-pushkar/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/the-journey-from-udaipur-to-pushkar/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:10:09 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1864 I was collected from the chai wallah shack outside the ‘bus station’ and escorted (dragged) to the bus by a particularly grumpy old man.  The bus wasn’t even close to the standards of the one we’d taken from Hospet to … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/the-journey-from-udaipur-to-pushkar/feed/ 0 http://www.theidylldiaries.com/our-last-day-in-udaipur/ http://www.theidylldiaries.com/our-last-day-in-udaipur/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:04:55 +0000 fiona http://www.theidylldiaries.com/?p=1849 An early start today to ensure we were packed up and out of our room in time to leave ourselves a full (last) day in Udaipur.  We had breakfast on the roof before Tom went off into town in search … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theidylldiaries.com/our-last-day-in-udaipur/feed/ 4