As you might have noticed, you are now receiving the emails from my executive assistant. I was informed yesterday by my detail oriented mother, that my data usage thus far on this trip has been astronomical! Apparently it counts as an individual email for each person on the list. I have also been banned from sending pictures! On Thursday morning we went on a boat ride in Lake Pichola. The lake is man made and is 12M deep in the deepest part. It is 3KM x 4KM ...

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...

Jodhpur is known as the Blue City. Many of the houses are painted completely light blue. The Brahamans (Priests) Caste (the highest of the 4 hindu castes) used to paint there houses blue. Then in the 1970s, everyone started to do it, basically because they thought it looked cool. It sounds a bit silly, but when you look at it from above, it is really quite amazing. We began the day at the Merangah Fort. The fort was home to the Maharajah of the area and is ...

Apologies for the late email, but we have finally arrived in Jodphur! We left at 10am and arrived at 7:15pm. Just your everyday 9 hour drive! We had breakfast at the Tree of Life Hotel back in Jaipur. Breakfast was good and was fairly uneventful, except for one little note worth mentioning. Lucy asked if she could have some peanut butter with her Toast. The waiter replied that unfortunately they didn't have peanut butter because it is not currently in season...