Udaipur the city of lakes

Driving into the rising Sun is a wonderful experience and the additional advantage is that the roads are empty.

The highlight is stopping for breakfast especially when it is hot and freshly made. I enjoyed this kantha poha (flattened rice)

We drove down from Surat to Udaipur and it was a pleasant ride as the roads were good.

We reached Udaipur in time to see the sunset at Lake Pichola.

We were lucky to get a good guide (Mr Kanwar Keer) who gave us some concise information about the place.

Like, I did not know about Jag Mandir where Shah Jehan stayed (during his rebellion with his father) and was inspired to build the Taj Mahal later.

The video gives more information about the place as I have left the guide's voice as it is. It is interesting to know how the Dhood talai got its name. Here is a picture of Dhoodh Talai.

I clicked one more picture of the same place but before clicking I increased the contrast extensively by which it gives a night time effect.

The actual difference between both the above pictures is just 15 seconds. A good example of how to play with the light using your camera.
In the next blog, I hope to write about the trip from Pune to Surat where we had a stopover at Udwada.