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Udaipur is by far the most chilled out place we've been in India to date, this may be due to the "Bang Lassis" they sell at every rooftop resturant. It's also the place they filmed Octop**** Theres loads of hippies knocking about. But if you really want to see hippies in their element then Pushkar is the place to be. This place is hippy heaven, full of hippies trying to out hippy each other "I only wash in the Ganges", "I'm a fruitarianist" and so on. I overheard one particularly nasty hippy, a girl with flowers in her hair and a moustache banging on about how she had to get out of his place (Pushkar) as "this place has got way too touristy" but then she whips out her i-phone 4 and starts to play angry birds! True story.
In the morning it's time to head to Ranthanbore National Park to hopefully spot some tigers on a safari. Its fair to say India is slowly rubbing Rach up the wrong way (no inuendo intended). What proceeds takes her to the edge of her sanity where I am genuinely frighted she will take the life of another... Poor hopeless Bobby our ridiculous Frank Spencer style driver. I like him. He's a villiage idiot thats for sure but I grew up with a lot of them and I find they retain some merit. But Rach has no patience for them and treats him accordingly. We've rummored between us that Bobby likes a drink, more of a joke at first, imagining him as a Russian bear dancing for the dregs of the bottle. But our musings are comfirmed when when Rach (first thing in the morning) finds an empty whisky bottle in the car, he's smelling boozy and driving a bit mental, we're thinking about stopping the car and getting out. But he calms our nerves by explaining that the breaks that had failed yesturday forcing us to drive several hundred kilometers with little grip on the road have been fixed! Almost immediately he has taken the wrong turn, knowing that his previous mistakes have been jumped on by Rach he keep quiet and manages to get us back on track only to get us completely lost another 30km later. Heading into the endless horizon in a car stuck together with selotape on a dirt road meant for jeeps. The inevitable happens and we get a flat tyre and spend the next hour by the side of the road getting it fixed, followed by a 2 hour detour. We eventually get to our destination very late. Rach like the tyre is about to blow and Bobby and I can sense it, we share an awkward glance as I drag her away, he's scared so I try a smile to ease the tention and with that the last 10 hours are cast from his memory, he gives me a massive smile pleased with the job he has done like the village idiot he is.
The next day we see tirgers in the the wild, a mother and cub (which is rare apparently) it's pretty special, they're very cool animals. We also saw a peakcock, owl and a deer - the indians were loving these spots (as much as the tigers..random!). We leave the next day for Agra and the Taj Mahal which is also very special. It lives up to its hype as one of the best buildings in the world. I'm pleased I got to the chance to see it, Rach is just pleased that she never has to see Bobby ever again.
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