My first Thursday Thoughts came from the USA, but I've travelled a long way since then; just managed to avoid the volcanic ash problems; and have now been in Udaipur for nearly a week. It's incredibly beautiful here, but the searing temperatures (anything up to 110F during the day) are making work quite difficult. But early in the morning this city is wonderful - it's cool and peaceful, so I'm sharing just some of the sights I saw at 7.00 a.m. today.
Right in the middle of the fast-receding lake here, is the Neeru Garden, which I'll review tomorrow, and the trees there are quite spectacular, like the one above, which is some form of mimosa - the whole city is filled with trees like it, all in full flower at the moment.
But it's the birds that make this place really special for me in the early morning, and walking across the empty lake brings you to water pools filled with large gatherings, as above - mainly storks - but I've never seen so many in one place before and if any reader knows the collective name for storks, I'd love to hear it!
By 8.00 a.m. it is beginning to get hot, and the birds depart - another wonderful site to see - this is an open-billed stork in flight, and you will see how many of them are together in the water pool in the photo above, along with common storks (black head and neck) and other water birds, including egrets and herons.
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