If you or your VISA/Amex/Mastercard (or the three combined) can afford it (sort of), allow yourself to be a Bondgirl or Maharana princess for a day at the Taj Palace Hotel in Udaipur. Home of Octopussy in the Roger Moore 007 movie and still owned by a Maharana heir, staying at the wonderful white palace in the middle of Lake Pichola is an unforgettable experience.
The service is almost uncomfortably impeccable. When dropped off at the City Palace, a beautiful Indian girl leads you to the private jetty that will take you to the island where a Punjabi waits for you with a tradtional umbrella, providing you with shade until thousands of fuchia rose petals falling out of the sky touch your hair... You feel like a bride, princess and movie star at the same time! Wish I was carrying my LV bag in stead of a very dusty and muddy backpack.
Your butler seems to know what you are doing and/or need before you know it...a failed poolside attempt to acces internet on my Ipad is immediately discovered (from out of nowhere someone appeared: "madam, I noticed you have trouble accessing the internet"). You are offered a new chilled bottle of water before you realize your water warmed up in the sun. When leaving the pool, you'll find a basket with fluffy towels, a guy with a tulband is playing the flute in the lily pond garden (once full of beautiful bond girls), little treats in your room when you come back after dinner, sipping delicious wine in the shade of the old mango tree, beautiful traditional dancers perform on the marble floor like they did for the king in the old days, the chef shows tou how to bake naan, the gym smells like jasmine flowers...this must be heaven!
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