Amanbagh

Morning Sun reflected across the lake into our tent

The best scrambled eggs, ever! 

View from the top of dam

How many people can ride in a Tuk-Tuk?

Driving towards Amanbagh. Click for a short video.

Part of our suite at Amanbagh

They like marble here!

Read about the Kunjal above for only 3000 Rupees!

Outdoor dinning area, sort of like Ancient Rome

Starters

Thali plate, Papaya salad in the center

Carrot Halwa

The food at Chhatra Sagar was delicious and breakfast was no exception. We asked for scrambled eggs, the brought to us a large pot with absolutely the best scrambled eggs we have ever eaten. Wow, what a place!

We left Chhatra Sagar and began the 6-hour road trip to Amanbagh. Normally a 6-hour road trip would be an exhausting journey, but with Vijay as our driver it is fun.

I play Indian music from my iPhone and Vijay sang along. I try to read Hindi signs and he corrects my pronunciation. We talk about Indian life and the change that has come to the villages and remote locations because of the vast improvement of the infrastructure.

Vijay gets a kick out of my iPhone Google maps. He is used to stopping and asking for directions, if required. Here Siri tells him. Google maps estimates when you will arrive at your destination. Taking into consideration our journey faced traffic jams, herds of cows, sheep, goats, road construction, etc. Google projected an arrival time at our destination 6 hours later that was only off by 5 minutes.

We arrived at the Amanbagh. It was out of our way to get here because we had to drive through Jaipur (our destination for the literary festival) and continue 2 hours past it to reach Amanbagh it is located on the other side of Jaipur from Chhatra Sagar. The logistics of our trip required this. Oh well, we saw more of India.

Amanbagh is the exact opposite of Chhatra Sagar. Where Chhatra Sagar is old, casual, understated, plain (and wonderful) - Amanbagh is very different. It is new, it is opulent, it is pretentious. It is billed as a healthy life style resort. They offer all kinds of healthy activities. For an extra fee they offer personalized enemas. They have a special drink to make you vomit offered at only 3000 rupees. They offer a Ayurvedic doctor, who for a fee will recommend the proper massage. We will not be taking advantage of any of these offerings. We will stay be the pool, read, eat & drink and be amused as we watch other guests head for the treatments they signed up for.

There aren’t many guests here at this very large resort. I understand why.

We had cocktails outside by a fire place. Dinner could be eaten in the dining room, but we chose to remain outside, next to the massive columns. Sort of like a Roman experience, if the Romans ate Indian food instead of Pizza. The food was good. We especially liked the soups, the papaya salad and the carrot halwa a favorite Indian dessert.

After dinner it was to bed, it had been a long day.