Rajasthan Reise: We just loved the trip. He was especially great, and the car was wonderful. Soni's driving was actually heroic to and from Agra, in the fog.....If you'd 
like me to write something for your site, I'd be happy to do so.....Cathy Altman, France

Hi Sanjeev!
 
As we indicated on our report we left with Soni, we just loved the trip. He was especially great, and the car was wonderful. Soni's driving was actually heroic to and from Agra, in the fog.....If you'd 
like me to write something for your site, I'd be happy to do so.....

I realize I made a mistake with the name of the hotel I liked in Feb 08 in Jaipur: it's the Mandawa Haveli (not the Mewar, which is where we stayed so enjoyably in Udaipur). Also, the guide in Jodhpur, Mahindra Joda, took us to an excellent new restaurant you should send 
others to: the Shree Vilas, which is also a hotel. AVS Home and Sarong Palace were okay, but Mandawa Haveli had the charm we all like in heritage hotels....Tom and Robt really liked the Grand Imperial in Agra, and we all adored the Castle in Bijaipur. The Bassi Fort was also very nice, with very good food.

I forgot to give you more input about guides. I liked Ritu Sharma in Delhi.  Mahindra in Jodhpur, was very good, and we got a kick out of Deepak Sharma in Jaipur. The guide in Agra was fine....Tarun in Udaipur was fine with me and Robert, but Tom found him obnoxious.

We very much liked our young guide, Manish, in Pushkar, but agreed that the local operator, Nandu, was entirely inappropriate.

Best,
 
Cathy