_Schedule_
Today: Udaipur
Tomorrow morning: Ahmedabad
Tomorrow night: Mumbai, finally
Next week: Goa
_Popagandhi at the Railway Station_
Me: “I want a ticket, boarding at ADI up to BCT.”
Officer: “Which train and class?”
Me: “Can you check train 2010, CC class.
Officer: “Sorry, it is WL50/WL29 for the 18th and RAC for the 19th.”
Me: “Can you please check under the FT. And give me another ticket for train 0111 boarding CSTM up to MAO please.”
Z: “???”
Sometimes, just sometimes, I feel like a freak. When I start talking about airlines that way, it’s even worse.
_Octopussy City_
Udaipur is spectacular. Lake Pichola is beautiful. A part of me finds it devastating that the two beautiful palace islands on Lake Pichola – the Lake Palace and the Jagmandir – are now, of all things, hotels. Having dinner on a rooftop restaurant, watching Lake Palace light up at night, and Monsoon Palace illuminate at a distance, pretty much made up for the sucky time we had here with our hotel owner and greedy rickshaw men. It’s the most beautiful part of Rajasthan I’ve been to, but also where we’ve been unhappiest with, for assorted reasons. Even tiny Jaisalmer, or boring Jodhpur, made us smile more.
Next stop, Bombay. I have never been this excited by the prospect of finally being able to eat fish, or prawns.
possibly related
The D Word /
Madras in Two Parts /
This Tshirt Was Outsourced in Bangalore /
Creeping /
Sane on Sudder St /
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No Lassi in Bhang Lassi
_Schedule_
Today: Udaipur
Tomorrow morning: Ahmedabad
Tomorrow night: Mumbai, finally
Next week: Goa
_Popagandhi at the Railway Station_
Me: “I want a ticket, boarding at ADI up to BCT.”
Officer: “Which train and class?”
Me: “Can you check train 2010, CC class.
Officer: “Sorry, it is WL50/WL29 for the 18th and RAC for the 19th.”
Me: “Can you please check under the FT. And give me another ticket for train 0111 boarding CSTM up to MAO please.”
Z: “???”
Sometimes, just sometimes, I feel like a freak. When I start talking about airlines that way, it’s even worse.
_Octopussy City_
Udaipur is spectacular. Lake Pichola is beautiful. A part of me finds it devastating that the two beautiful palace islands on Lake Pichola – the Lake Palace and the Jagmandir – are now, of all things, hotels. Having dinner on a rooftop restaurant, watching Lake Palace light up at night, and Monsoon Palace illuminate at a distance, pretty much made up for the sucky time we had here with our hotel owner and greedy rickshaw men. It’s the most beautiful part of Rajasthan I’ve been to, but also where we’ve been unhappiest with, for assorted reasons. Even tiny Jaisalmer, or boring Jodhpur, made us smile more.
Next stop, Bombay. I have never been this excited by the prospect of finally being able to eat fish, or prawns.
possibly related
The D Word / Madras in Two Parts / This Tshirt Was Outsourced in Bangalore / Creeping / Sane on Sudder St /