Update from Udaipur where I have spent the last six nights. And my plans for Udaipur have been fulfilled. The first days I was doing nothing else but eating, sleeping and reading my book, as I wrote in my last blog. Day three was painting day in my hotel taught by the artist and very nice man Madan. I spent several hours painting and small talking and had such a nice day with a surprisingly good painting result. Day four was also an easy day but I was a bit more ...

My travelling lately has been very efficient. I left Varanasi on the 13th heading towards Agra (it went surprisingly well carrying my backpack with one bad foot), where I arrived on the 14th early morning. I met a German guy in the train, Florian, who I shared a rickshaw to the guesthouse with. We had breakfast and went afterwards on sightseeing at first to Agra Fort and afterwards to the famous Taj Mahal. The history of these beautiful monuments is really good -...