Udaipur

As our plane landed in Udaipur the captain announced 43 degree heat at 7:30pm! We hopped in a cab and noticed first off that the heat was different than Goa. Although at these temperatures hot is hot.

The next morning in a fruitless attempt to beat the heat we headed out at 8am ( yes that is early for a traveller) to see temples and palaces. At 8:15am and one temple down, we realized nothing else was open til 945am. So we made ourselves comfortable at a hole in the wall restaurant and drank chai and ate samosas until the heat of the day.

After a tour of the city palace, we thought we could sneak to the 7 star hotel palace that is usually in the middle of the lake. Since it was mostly dried up we headed out in the full force of the afternoon sun on the muckish lake bed. This turned into a 2 hour walk in direct sunlight with no shade, no water and no map. And no, they would not let our muddy feet even near the palace.

Fortunately we recovered from our walk to still manage a few hours of shopping before our cooking lesson. This combined 2 of Shauna and Yodi's favorite things, paper and pen classroom learning and food. Right now we have the best intentions to cook for our family and friends but we will see what happened when we return.