I decided to be nice and let Annabel write this blog post (more like I begged her to write it because I am too lazy)
So here is my one celebrity blog post by the one and only Annabel Surtees (and a little help from me because as it turns out we are both lazy)
Exhausted from long car rides and changing hotels every other night for two weeks we arrived in Udaipur, the city of lakes on the evening of the 15th.
We fortunately found a lovely guesthouse with spectacular views of the main lake and the city palace. And to Annabel's great excitement a gluten free and vegan restaurant at our doorstep.
We met our friends from Jaisalmer and Johdpur, as well as a few other, for dinner a few time and just enjoyed staying in one place for a three days.
We went on the classic sunset boat ride around the lake one night and drove up to the Monsoon Palace for the sunset the next.
After dinner with our friends the second night we met a group of Indian men and a struggling English author. We ended up hangout and chatting with them until 2:00am two nights in a row.
Our new friend, the English author, invited us to see the vote on the 17th. It was super exciting because this year the vote in India could be historic! It is possible that the Congress, the party in power for the past 60 years, could fall to Modi and the BJP! Our hopes of seeing protests, shouting and posters disappeared when we saw the orderly station where people place their votes. We celebrated the vote with our new Indian friends in a cafe called “Peace Eye Bob Marley Cafe”, chilled, sipped on mint lemonade, and let the lazy day drift by!
All in all, Udaipur was by far our favorite place in Rajasthan.
So here is my one celebrity blog post by the one and only Annabel Surtees (and a little help from me because as it turns out we are both lazy)
Exhausted from long car rides and changing hotels every other night for two weeks we arrived in Udaipur, the city of lakes on the evening of the 15th.
We fortunately found a lovely guesthouse with spectacular views of the main lake and the city palace. And to Annabel's great excitement a gluten free and vegan restaurant at our doorstep.
We met our friends from Jaisalmer and Johdpur, as well as a few other, for dinner a few time and just enjoyed staying in one place for a three days.
We went on the classic sunset boat ride around the lake one night and drove up to the Monsoon Palace for the sunset the next.
Annabel on the boat
Sunset at the Monsoon Palace
Our new friend, the English author, invited us to see the vote on the 17th. It was super exciting because this year the vote in India could be historic! It is possible that the Congress, the party in power for the past 60 years, could fall to Modi and the BJP! Our hopes of seeing protests, shouting and posters disappeared when we saw the orderly station where people place their votes. We celebrated the vote with our new Indian friends in a cafe called “Peace Eye Bob Marley Cafe”, chilled, sipped on mint lemonade, and let the lazy day drift by!
Voting Station
Peace Eye Bob Marley Cafe
Peace Eye Bob Marley
Mint Lemonade and a jam session
All in all, Udaipur was by far our favorite place in Rajasthan.
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