i liked udaipur best among all the cities i visited in rajasthan,
because udaipur had an arty farty culture.
everywhere we went, there were beautiful murals painted on the walls,
even the toilet walls were really nicely decorated.
and there were many art shops selling indian paintings etc.

we even spent one evening watching an indian cultural performance, the dances werent that eggcited or anything, but i still enjoyed myself that night :)

we also made friends with the uncle at the art shop beside our hostel,
the next day, he invited us over to his place for lunch,
and he and his brother taught us how to make indian painting :)
jiayang also got himself a henna.
besides immensing ourselves in the arty farty culture of udaipur,
we did the typical touristy things and visited all the must-see places in udaipur.
like the famous lake palace, city palace and many more temples.

unfortunately, because it was mid-summer already,
the place was so hot that the famous lake pichola had dried it, leaving the lake palace looking like quite a joke. there were many locals playing cricket on the lake which has turned into a field.
weng and i couldnt help but snap a picture with us standing in the lake too !!
one of the highlights was the trip was the journey down from the monsoon palace !!
the monsoon palace is sited on a hill,
and we had to take an auto rickraw up to palace !
the road up to the palace was really steep and scary,
on the way up, the engine sounded like it was going to die !!
fortunately, we managed to get up to the palace in one piece and took many pictures :)
however, on the way down, the engine/clutch of the rickraw suddenly died on us,
and we ended up zooming down the slopes at great speed,
and before we knew it, we crashed into a tree.
everything happened so quickly, that i dint even realised anything wrong,
until the driver shouted at us to jump off the car,
and before we knew it, we had already crashed into tree!
oh, thankgoodness we crashed into a tree,
instead of flying off the cliff and falling to our death.
oh, what a scary but fun experiece !