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Travelling Mom ... A Trip To Bangkok

Arjun Ready For a Holiday

I know I've been away for a year plus.... but Hey the good news Im a Mom now... and I had to give Travelling a little break. 

This time I went to the City of Hospitality Bangkok with Little Arjun my 6 Month bundle of JOY! 

All Set and Ready to Fly 

So it was Arjun's first trip across the seas from Kuala Lumpr to Bangkok and he was such an Angel. Despite a short distance the whole ordeal of packing our bags, getting to the airport up untill flying was a litle scary at 1st. But i told myself that i was never this worried when it came to traveling with my nieces and we have travelled a fair bit but when it comes to your 6 month old baby i guess the table turns.


Well where do i begin... being a breastfeeding Mom it automatically becomes super easy to travel with an infant. You dont have to worry aobut carrying any form of liquid and tonnes of containers with baby milk. All I needed in my Baby Bag were diapers, wet wipes, a change or two of clothes and you are good to go. 




I booked us in a hotel that was near to Malls and public transportation. That was the most important thing given the crazy traffic in Bangkok. The Centre Point chain in Bangkok are service apartments and are really good if you are traveling with kids. The rooms are spacious and big enough to fit 4 people. The beds were super comfy and most importantly, it was really clean!  It had a salt water pool and a childrens play area which is perfect for kids too.

The 1st thing i was worried about were the roads in Bangkok as I always remembered it to be a not so even. Obviously i didnt want to bring my huge  stroller which weighed 8kg's so i set out to buy a really cheap and light stroller that only weighed 2.9 kg's and it worked for me. 

The Light Weight Stroller 

Arjun and I along with Grandma set out to work the streets of Bangkok by foot and sometimes by taxi. It was all in all an exciting experience traveling with my little man. Ive been several times to Bangkok and was very familiar with its culture and traditions and places to eat and of course shop. So it was easier with knowing restaurants that were baby friendly and Mall's that were nice and air conditioned. 

Arjun was so well behaved he let us do a little sigh seeing and a little shopping too....When it came to food he was as intrigued as his mummy and I still managed to try the local delights and had a chance to chill and unwind with a couple of drinks with my mom and dad ...

Champagne & Oysters 

The Highlight of the Trip was definitly the Loy Kratong festival that takes place by the River. Its a huge festival in Bangkok and people go by the droves to the river front to pay respect to the Water Goddess by lighting a  Floating Flower Bouque and letting it float in the Chow Praya River. 

We found out that we could go to Asiatique to witness the Loy Kratong festivities so we set out to the other side of town and was stuck in horrendous traffic  for 2 hours and Arjun was a little cranky but it was not to bad i managed to feed him but it was asking for too much for a baby to be cooked up in a car that long that was even moving much. As long as you are entertaining the little one with some songs and funny faces he is a happy baby really. I feel so blessed at times.

The crowd was crazy. But we had our flowers in our hands and we walked the crowd and waited in line till we were able to offer our respect to the Goddess herself. It was a great experience watching the Thais waiting enthusiatically to offer their flowers. 
I was on the verge of giving up because it was getting a tad bit too hot and everyone was pushing around but we waited and Arjun was kind enough not to scream and yell. He was observing everything and everyone around and of course his main aim was to grab the flowers....
Luckily for Grandad a friend we bumped into we succeded in lighting ours and said a little prayer. 
It was a fun filled evening with the little one in tow. Dinner and drinks and we were ready for bed. 

It was a great experience with the little bubba onboard this time for sure. Although it was a completely different one. There are things that you can do when you are a travelling mom and there are things you cant but hey you are still travelling and you are opening the eyes of your little munchkin right from the very start. 

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Udaipur ...breathtaking nature ...full of heritage... Beautiful people

I've always wondered what Udaipur had to offer that Jaipur didn't already have since getting to Jaipur from Delhi always posed to be nearer and much much easier, but this time after jaipur and pushkar .... We did a 2 night stop over in Udaipur....

The drive was a pleasant one and we had such jovial driver that made the trip even more pleasant for us. It took us around 4 hours from pushkar to Udaipur. On the way I saw lots of dessert and lots of camels.... But it was a pretty sight.

We reached Aaram Bagh which just off the highway reaching towards the city centre but the place in the evening looked spectacular ..... There was these chalet type buildings on hilly kind of area and its surroundings were just the Forrest and the aravali terrace.... I couldn't see much of it as it was getting dark but from what little I could see I was really mesmerized....

I suddenly felt all adventurous ... I don't know why! I think it was the care taker that made me feel this way... Because he came running in to greet us and very fast told us that he spotted the panther roaming in the hills .... It took me a second to register what he said before I repeated after him... "Panther" are u kidding me? Everyone around me at go we're telling me stories of how there's a few panthers always lurking around but never coming towards the resort grounds but can be spotted from a distance... Yadaa yadaa... In my head I was like yeah ok what ever.. Panther or no panther ( cos I half believed that there was a panther) I was still gonna explore the hills, waterfalls and nature that was before my very eye!!

I tried very hard to wake before sunrise to take some pictures but my body was just too tired... I woke just after 7 which was too late, I had the resort manager Uttam and his collegue Ajith take me around the grounds and the little forest park that was maintained by the resort. The view was spectacular!!! I was soooo in love!

I never truly understood the beauty of the hills, mountains and desserts before this ... If anyone asked me to choose I would always choose the beach.... Always. However that changed for me! I was in awe .... It was gorgeous, nature has its way in surprising you really! The hills were alive.... I heard ladies singing and their voice echoing while water trickled from the waterfall.... I saw the eagles soaring and peacocks showing off their mane, n most of all I could hear me! Breathing,... There were times that there was just pin drop silence.

It was surreal... Monkeys, crabs, birds, ducks and all.... It was one big happy family.

 

Uttam told me the next day about a Shiv temple right at the tip of the hill and if I wanted to check it out... And I said hey ... Why not ... Me being girlie and all I was not prepared for a hiking expedition! But what choice did I have....

 So we rode on a bike half way thru the bumpy hills till we couldn't ride no more and went by foot on an expedition in search of the Shiv temple at the tip of the hill. Half way through our walk Uttam said "Panther... look.... " and i was like yeah whatever Uttam nice joke... but then he stopped in his tracks and told me to quiet down and as i turned around i saw not 1 but 2 panthers brown and spotted but was too stunned to even move.  It starred at us for a good 30 seconds and ran up hill. That was it. That was the longest 30 seconds i tell ya ...

We were both a little scared to venture further thinking just maybe the panther would be waiting at the top so we chickened out and headed back. :)











On the way down we did a pit stop at a home of of the villagers on the hill. It was an amazing experience. They were so warm and friendly and to my  astonishment the place was spotless. It was so clean and their smiles were as warm as the sunshine it was a feel good feeling for sure.

Udaipur is famous for its gardens and palaces and there are so many nice places to explore, one being of course the lake palace managed by the Taj Group it was a master piece from the minute you arrive you are treated like proper royals! What more could you ask for right?

With all the sight seeing .... we had time to stop for street delicacy ... The Kachori! A bit skeptical at 1st but one bite in and it was heaven! :)

The Sahelion ki bari known as the court yard for the maidens was a picturesque garden indeed. The history told to us by the guide was very entertaining otherwise its just another pretty garden.

The Fateh Sagar lake is obviously a highlight of the city itself and as you sit by the pave and watch the sun set on the waters of the lake it gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling of how pretty this whole place is.

I enjoyed a tour of the city palace was built by Maharaja Udai Singh but now its open to the public to view, still maintained extremely well you can literally see the entire city from a certain angle.

Udaipur was a experience of a life time for me especially my stay at Aaram Bagh if you truely want to experience the dessert and nature against a peaceful back drop this is the palace... oopps i mean place... ;) 

I was overwhelmed and satisfied and thought how blessed i was to be able to experience the finest in life....


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Location:Udaipur , Rajasthan , India