Departing Udaipur

It’s Coleman’s 15th Birthday! The aunts took him on a Rajasthani horseback ride (English-saddle style!) through the countryside, while Jeff and Chris and Barb organized papers and packing.
Then we celebrated with a real decorated cake – fancy icing that smelled faintly of rose-water – in the courtyard of the Rang Niwas Hotel.

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Afterwards we went for the hour-long royal boat ride on Lake Pichola, stopping at the JagMandir Island Hotel to enjoy the views of the lake and the City Palace.

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The boat circles the Very Exclusive Lake Palace Hotel, that certainly looks romantic.

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The weather is ideal this month, though the lake level is alarmingly low. It is hard to imagine the heat that envelops Udaipur much of the year.

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Decision-time: because of a scholarship application due 31January, Jeff and Chris will go back to school to get papers and signatures, then hope to re-join the group later.

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