It was a beautiful morning of Summer-2017 when me & my wife decided to travel Udaipur, India. The Lake city always fascinated me since childhood. And just after Ranbir-Deepika's movie (Yeh Jawani hai Diwani), we were eagerly waiting to visit the big fat Indian Destination-Wedding City.
Chittorh (Pronounced by Locals) wasn't part of our initial itinerary. As our son was about to complete One year & it was the first journey we were planning after Ujaan was born, we were not convinced enough that we can able to Travel. Despite of all restrictions from our families, we decided to give a try.
While surfing few pictures of Chittorh, I stumbled on one which reminded me a long pending wish list photo. And, Voila! Chittorh was on ... I can risk traveling with our 1 year kid, But I can't skip something I wished for long 😉
After an awesome 2 days travel at Udaipur, we were at Chittorh. I was very excited though she wasn't known the real reason behind my excitement. Past 1 hour walking, I found this magnificent small lake (Photograph attached) inside the fort. I knew this was the one i was wishing to click for years. I clicked dozens of pictures of this lake but the inner-me wasn't fully satisfied. It's almost impossible to fulfill his expectation.
Almost half day traveling inside the fort with dissatisfied inner-me, we went inside one museum which wasn't in our itinerary though. Due to extreme hot humid weather we had to opt that. Packed my stuff inside camera bag as I was carrying my sleeping child. We were hungry & thirsty. Somehow I wanted to leave that damn old museum. Soon after, there was grin on my face & the inner-me was excited. One picture was hanging from the wall which was nothing but my wish list photo. Now the challenge was where's the location? No-one outside the museum have any idea about the place. Discussing with few locals, I gathered some information but Auto-Rickshaw wallah refused to go there as he had to drive few kms uphill, inside the fort.
With few extra bucks, that problem also got solved. Finally I was going to the Dream Location. Mukesh (Auto-Rickshaw wallah) drove us near the location ..... But now, it's my WIFE & SON ..... My 1 yr lil boy was hungry & his diaper needs to be changed. The inner-me lost all the patience, frustrated inside I left my wife & son alone in the deserted fort. I was desperate to go inside the jungle & climb on top of the fort-wall to get a clear view. Walking few minutes inside the jungle, finally I got glimpse of the lake. The climbing part wasn't that much difficult.
Finally, the lake with all monuments backside was in-front of me .... the entire Chittorhgarh is visible from this location. I almost forgot that wife & son was waiting outside the Jungle. It was only my time and my inner-me was satisfied with all expectations fulfilled. It's just another dream comes true while visiting at Chittorhgarh.
*** I lost one eye-piece of the camera while climbing on the fort wall ***
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