Fateh Sagar

We checked into our hotel room with a big window at Udaipur and this was the scene outside. This huge manmade lake dug sometime in seventeenth century is called Fateh Sagar named after then Maharana of Udaipur, Fatehsinghji. And it's really huge.

To combat the scarcity of water in this so called desert city, Maharanas of Udaipur dug a few lakes like these which are interconnected to optimize the water operations. And trust me.. When the royals dig it, they dig it BIG!

Destination Rajasthan!

Green! was the only colour my sleepy eyes noticed when we were about to land in Udaipur. There has to be some mistake, I thought. Rajasthan is the desert state was what I was always taught in the school. And here I was, wondering if the pilot had taken some wrong turns up in the air to enter some jungle.

But it was Udaipur indeed. Equally sleepy cabin crew of our ATR flight almost yawned while warning us to tie the seat belts as the flight descended into the greenery of Udaipur.

Funniest part of that morning was when we were told to walk to the airport building after getting off the plane. We were on a vacation hoping it to be an exciting one. And this was not a bad start!