No, Mr Bond, i expect you to die

Udaipur, city of lakes, palaces, mountains, and Roger Moore in Octopussy; I raise a glass, and possibly one eyebrow, to you. This is by far the most beautiful and most relaxed of the cities we have visited so far. Ridged by mountains like the cupped hands of some Hindu god, the palaces rise out of the lake or sit atop the peaks, and are surrounded by a generous sprinkling of shops and temples, separated by an unpredictable, Brownian etchasketch of roads and alleyways. The shopkeepers are mildly persistent but mostly friendly and curteous. The artifacts are varied and eye-catching. The lake is enchanting. We will go for a boat ride at sunset, and following dinner plan to do some Udaipur-spotting at a showing of Octopussy...