Although there is a call to prayer at 5:00 AM in Udaipur, I managed to sleep right through it. I woke up around 8:00 and fell back asleep until about 1:00. I am so confused about time right now.
I scoured Google for where I would be headed for breakfast and settled on Jasmine Restaurant on the other side of Lake Pichola.
Udaipur adventures continue!
Working from my hotel last night almost broke me. I was in an important 3 hour meeting and my laptop stopped charging and I needed to present in hour 3. I watched the battery go down to 3% and then just logged off, figuring I may as well just be fired at this point.
I called company support who told me they needed to connect me with the manufacturer and it would take up to 24 hours ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
I Googled computer places and found one I could visit in the morning to buy a cheap one, since carrying around a second laptop is exactly what I need right now.
I had a slight nervous breakdown too.
I went to log back on to use my precious 3% battery to answer an email so important that I was scared to fat finger the response on my phone. Well guess what? The laptop is suddenly charging?
I am in love with Udaipur. I really wish I could spend all day walking around and taking in its beauty. But work calls and without it, I wouldn’t be here at all.
Last night I got trapped “at” work until 8 pm, which was about 5:30 am my time? India time is off by 30 minutes in addition to the hour difference so I can’t keep track of time.
I went out on my balcony to smoke before sleep. I heard a very low hum that sounded like a call to prayer was about to start. Can’t tell you if I was right because the dogs started going off immediately. Aw.
The video sucks for visual, but it is the audio you want.
As the title says, I am currently on another adventure, coming at you live from Udaipur, India! I started planning this one last October. As always, so many things got changed from my original plans. Most notable was the length of the trip. I had initially planned to be gone for five months. So many real life obstacles came up and eventually I had to settle on just 47 days. Oh no, only a 47 day trip? How truly tragic.
I am working for 2 weeks and then I am free.
I am currently in Udaipur, which is where this trip is starting. Udaipur was never on the original itinerary. Ladakh, India was at the top. When I pulled out my Lonely Planet India, I saw all the pages I had put post its on when I traveled to India back in 2016. All were on the pages of the Rajathstan section. Suddenly I now wanted to go to Rajathstan. When I first planned the five month itinerary, a full month was to be spent here. As time went on, it got chopped down to two weeks, with 3 cities (Udaipur, Pushkar and Jaipur.)
I flew from JFK to Delhi, by way of Paris. And unexpectedly, I really went through Paris. My flight from NYC was so delayed that I missed my connection. It took off as I was walking through CDG airport looking for my gate in hopes it too was delayed. It was not. Since Air France only has one flight to Delhi from Paris a day, this meant I got stuck in Paris for 24 hours.