Month: February 2026

Last night we watched the cricket on a big screen in the rooftop restaurant of our excellent Sagram Sadan hotel. India won easily against Pakistan to the delight of 1,400 … Read more

Day 20 was devoted to visiting the City Palace on the shore of Lake Pichola. The palace is huge and would require several days to visit properly. We entered through … Read more

After a drive round the beautiful Lake Pichola, we went to see an open air museum with a puppet show, groups of musicians with some of the visitors dancing, and … Read more

Day 18 (13th February) Bundi to Udaipur Lat night was horrendous because a wedding celebration near the hotel was accompanied by incredibly loud music which made our room shake and … Read more

There is not a lot to see in Bundi apart from the fort built in 1354 and the associated palace was built gradually over the next 200 years. We entered … Read more

We tried to walk to Pushkar Lake but, having got lost, took a tuk-tuk who took us back the way we had come and then explained that he was not … Read more

We were sad to leave Jaipur, although with a population of 4 million it’s a bit too big for me. The Old City is known as the “Pink City” because … Read more

Day 14 (9th February) Jaipur Our trip to the Royal Palace, where the Maharajah and his family still live, was thoroughly enjoyable. We entered through the Uday Pol gate and … Read more

Today took us to the Amber Fort which is only 11.7 kms from the hotel but the horrendous traffic meant that we spent 2 hours getting there. Mr Mukesh parked … Read more

We got up at 6 AM in preparation for a man coming to the hotel to take us to the safari jeep which would take us to the Ranthambore Park. … Read more