Yearly Archives: 2012

Oberoi Udaivilas Rooms

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When we arrived, the bathroom was dimmed….How romantic 🙂 

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brighter 🙂

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Go outside the door of your room and you have a small gate 

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That leads to your pool! Super nice!!!  

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It’s not a private pool – once you are out there you share it with your neighbors 

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Love Indian textiles!!!

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Good morning 🙂

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Going out again to see it in the morning

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ARTDECO Glam Deluxe Collection 2012

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 ARTDECO is unveiling highlights for the festive holiday season with Glam Deluxe.

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The new collection enables creation of exceptional make-up looks that captivate the attention as if by magic. Smokey eyes, sensuously shiny lips and an elfin, shimmering complexion with a touch of glitter guarantee a glamorous entrance!

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 The color-neutral Eyeshadow Base is the ideal foundation for eye make-up. Its soft, creamy texture makes it easy to apply. The base prevents powder from settling into creases and neutralizes the color of the lid. Bisabolol soothes reddened eyelids, while Vitamin E protects the sensitive eye area.

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The new, perfume-free Glam Couture Eyeshadows in a unique 3D fan design are the eye-catcher of the season. Available in various beige tones such as glam white luxury No. 10 and glam blissful taupe No. 28, they make eyes radiant, especially in the pre-Christmas season. The eyeshadows glam silver crescent No. 14  in shimmering silver and glam bronzed fabric No. 33 in a warm gold tone are the perfect accompaniment for New Year’s Eve. Glam precious rose No. 18 and glam silken rose No. 23 showcase the eyes with color. The revolutionary texture combines the best characteristics of powder, baked, cream and liquid eyeshadows. When applied, the silicon-free and paraben-free eyeshadows turn into a soft, creamy powder with optimum hold that lasts for up to eight hours. A special production procedure increases the radiance of the color pigments in combination with precious pearlescent pigments.

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Create sophisticated looks with liquid Glam Stars Liquid Eyeliner in the new shade silvered teak No. 9 or in silver No. 2. The transparent gel is strewn with fine glitter particles. The liner brush makes application easy and permits even distribution of color.

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Free of mineral oil, Glam Stars Blusher magnificent blush is the perfect combination of three soft pastel tones with a luxurious sheen. This perfume-free blusher with Vitamin C and E is remarkable for its rich color intensity and long-lasting power. Blend the three nuances to create an optimum finish. The plissee-style box is available in a combination of colors.

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Smooth Glam Stars Lip Gloss ensures visually fuller, shiny lips. Glam Star Soft Pink No. 21 speaks for itself in gentle pink. Lips take on a touch of color with the shades Glam Soft Pink No. 09 and Glam Star Rosy Nude No. 26. Delicate glitter particles embedded in the transparent gloss make lips sparkle.

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Perfume-free Glam Stars Shimmer Cream in platinum No. 3, a warm beige tone, and in bronze No. 4 set luxurious accents on eyes, cheeks and décolleté. The shimmering cream is easy to store in the limited-edition Beauty Box Duo.

 

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The new ARTDECO collection will be available at all Beauty Bar stores in December 2012.

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Oberoi Udaivilas Udaipur

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Talk about saving the BEST for LAST! We arrived at our last stop and we did not want to leave anymore!!!  We only had two nights left and we arrived at Udaipur and wow, what a beautiful resort!!

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Bindi and drinks

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The General Manager of the resort, Vincent.  We were happy because we would see him all the time making sure everything was okay all over the resort.  We did not see any GM in any of the other places we stayed in

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I loved this console table with candelabras

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Going towards the pool

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How beautiful!!!

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View from the pool!  They say Udaipur is the Venice of the East

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Long hallways to the room – we have to give atleast 5 minutes to get to and from the room

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Villas – you have access to a semi-private pool which you share with your neighboring villas

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Going to the hotel shop and coffeeshop

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They have feeding in the morning, around 1030am.  You have to go through the gardens at the back – you may even see peacocks in the garden if you are lucky 🙂  

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Click below to go to their website

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Jain Temple Ranakpur

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On our way to Udaipur, we stopped by the Jain Temple in Ranakpur.  This is a must must see if you are in Rajasthan!  It’s just amazing!!!

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James was wearing shorts so they had to put pants on given by the office

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The carvings are just so amazing!  Almost the whole temple is carved!

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There are almost 1,500 columns inside the temple and not one of them are alike

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Monkeys on top 🙂

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Top of the temple

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Lunch at Fateh Bagh, Ranakpur

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Goodbye to Jodhpur and road trip again on the way to our last stop – to Udaipur!  You can arrange with your hotel for them to pack some take out food packs.  And wow, I love their food packs!  I really never really had to take the snacks I brought from Manila!!  I shared them with James and Mohan instead 🙂

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We stopped for lunch at Fateh Bagh Heritage Hotel for lunch 🙂

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Vendors in India

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Again I wish I had my SLR and zoom lens to capture the many sights in India!  Here is a compilation of vendors I saw during our trip.  We did not get to try any food vendors on the street because we were warned to be careful

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Clock Tower and Sardar Market

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Me and my sister were dying to do more bazaar shopping to find more bargains 🙂 so we went to the Clock Tower and Sardar market

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We had to take a tuktuk because the bus was not allowed to go in

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Since it was a holiday, only a few stores were open.  It was a good thing this spice store was open!  Wow, all kinds of spices and teas!

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a home on the way

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A bangle shop!!!WOW! You will go crazy!

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 Afterwhich we went home.  I wish we had more time and wished more stores were open! I am sure it would have been a great bazaar for Indian products!!

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Rohet Garh

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After our visit to the Bishnoi Village, we went to Rohet, a resort nearby, to have our lunch!

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A beautiful resort in the desert!  Definitely a place to relax and have a peaceful stay

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Delicious Indian lunch except for Mom’s Spaghetti bolognese which she requested 🙂

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We can never get enough of this! YUM!

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Gulab Jamun!  Everyone is happy again!  Raj suggested we have it with vanilla ice cream! So from here one, we always looked for Vanilla ice cream to go with our Gulab Jamun 🙂

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The owner of the resort came out to greet us and tell us about his place.  He told us that his wife is the one who did the interiors of the place

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He escorted us out and told us that Madonna with Guy Richie and family stayed in that camp nearby and he had the priveledge of hosting her while she was there

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