Folks, Today was a great day. I woke up and went down for breakfast in the outside courtyard next to Lake Pichola... In shorts and a T-shirts. Who knew that I would come to India, the land of spicy food and humidity) and it would take 10 days to wear shorts and a t-shirt!! In the morning we went to see Udaipur's City Palace. The palace was quite interesting and is set beautifully near the lake. It has a great view of the Maharani's 3 other palaces - 2 in ...

Hello Everyone, This morning we left Jodphur at around 930 to head to Udaipur. we stopped about 3 hours away in Ranakpur. Ranakpur is home to the Jain Temples. Jainism is a religion that grew out of Hinduism, and they believe in not harming anything. They are all vegetarians and will not even eat things grown in the ground, such as carrots or onions. The strictest of Jains will even where a cloth over their mouths to ensure that they don't accidentally swall...