Arriving in Udaipur and Krankoli

After checking in at the hotel it was time to do a little sightseeing in Udaipur. Udaipur isalso a chaotic city. Many cars, scooters and tuc tuc’s drove between each other, trying not to hit a cow or some man who’s crossing the road. It is very recommendable to take a tuc tuc if you need to go somewhere. You sit in this small wagon with no doors or windows and no seat belts, and a driver drives you to your destination. That is one thing about Indians; they drive like crazy! When you drive in India, the only rule is, that there are no rules. I know that you drive in the left side in India, but many times I doubted on that, because it sometimes seemed as we drove just as much in the right side as in the left! The driver just zigs zags in and out between the other cars and scooters, and you just cross your fingers and hope for survival. It is very inexpensive to take a tuc tuc or a taxi – only around 100 rupees each way plus you get a very fun experience!

In Udaipur it was much easier to find a quiet place than in Mumbai. First we went down to the lake. There are many beautiful palaces around the lake, so it was a pretty stunning view. After that we went to the top of a mountain, where we got to see the view of the whole. It was a very beautiful view with the lake in the middle and all the white houses surrounding it. As soon as we got a little time of, it was time to do some shopping. There were many stores here selling many different things that were interesting for us western people to by – so we did. For every day in India, by suit case got a lot more difficult to close.

After a couple of relaxing days in Udaipur it was now time to move on. We arrived to Krankoli on the 11th of January were we met our second friendship school. They welcomed us nicely and after eating lunch, we went to visit the student’s homes in small groups. That was definitely a nice experience, because we got to meet their family and neighbors, and hear about their family and their life, which we found out was much different to ours in many different ways. The following two days we visited their school, went to see Kumbhalgarh Fort, went to play football and cricket with them and visited a tyre factory. The last night we had a cultural evening were both schools had prepared a show, and afterwards we all ended up dancing to some indian techno music – wuhu!