India

A wonderfully facinating country full of contradictions if sometimes difficult to travel through.

Lake Palace Hotel - without the lake A nearby dam Jadgish temple Temple in the middle of Udaipur Inside the holy temple Lunch at the Lake Palace hotel Silver goblets and refined dining City Palace - where royalty still live Taking care of the gods Lounging on the lawn Our first rickshaw driver Alms for the poor? Umbrella man keeping the sun off my head Camel in the middle of the lake Moghal architecture What's left of the lake Traditional dances Brilliant colours A tourist attraction Ancient earthenware Trying her hand at some pottery Traditional silks Monsoon Palace Our driver and guide The royal monuments Sandy attacting more attention Miniature artwork that we purchased A typical street One of the salemen Kumbhalgarh fort Magnificent Jain temples Thousands of scultured pillars Jodhpur - the blue city Please can we be in your photo? Magificent architecture Jaisalmer's prime minister's residence Street in Jaisalmer More detail than you can imagine Must have taken years to carve Jaisalmer fort The observatory in Jaipur Many instruments for tracking the stars Another royal monument Bathtime Archways Sandstone patterns Crowded trains The Taj Mahal - speaks for itself