Welcome to India Mr. Paul

After a comfortable flight to Bombay, Shannon (Lynne's daughter) and I checked into the hotel and had a restful sleep. In the morning we visited the Prince Of Wales Museum (one of our sites in India). The museum was only a 10 min walk from the hotel so we decided to get a bit of exercise and take in the sites by walking over...and boy did we get a nice surprise on the way. The monsoon rain hit us hard and we got absolutely drenched. It was kinda fun walking in the summer rain until I was literally walking in shoes filled with puddles of water. It was a good excuse to stop at Fab India and pick up a few new Indian clothes to change into. Any excuse for some shopping!


That afternoon we caught a plane to Udaipur where Lynne was eagerly waiting our arrival. It was nice to see Lynne smiling and happy. She looked so rested and excited to see us, welcoming us with open arms.






In the afternoon we did a quick walk around the palace and took in the gorgeous view of Lake Pichola. Which is absolutely stunning. I haven't seen anything like it. So romantic. Which makes it a perfect setting for a wedding. Unfortunately we aren't staying at the palace hotel as it's been taken over by wedding guests for a huge Indian wedding. I call it the monsoon wedding.



You can't imagine how extravagant this event is. It's a 4 day wedding with a function every night spread all over the palace. Lynne tells me it's costing the family around $100,000 for the whole wedding. Red carpet, fancy fruit cocktails, garlands of flowers drapped all over the palace. The bride arrived yesterday and the groom today. They even have musicians playing traditional Indian instruments welcoming the guests.

The colours in Udaipur are stunning. The streets are filled with pink, yellow, red and gold saris. I'm really loving this place so far.

We settled into our hotel and enjoyed our dinner over a bottle of vodka. Tomorrow we start work with Shriji the Maharaja of Udaipur.