From March 18-20, Udaipur (India) is going to be REALLY colourful. During this time, the people of Udaipur celebrate the so called Mewar Festival which welcomes the advent of spring. Especially women dress up in their most beautiful and colourful clothes and celebrate at Lake Pichola (that means – I’m sure you already guessed it – directly in front of our camera!).

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Tags: camera, India, Lake Pichola, Mewar Festival, spring, Udaipur

Monday evening there were a lot of people floating lit candles into Lake Pichola.

I have no clue what that was about since Diwali is over already – looking for enlightenment …  ;-)

Tags: candles, event, India, Lake Pichola, Rajasthan, Udaipur

After having happily reported the arrival of the monsoon in Udaipur in the middle of July, I now realize that other places were not all that lucky.

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Tags: drought, economy, groundwater, India, monsoon, rain, Rajasthan, Udaipur

While I was just searching the latest videos from Udaipur for the elephant that my colleague Marco reported to have seen standing in Lake Picchola, I noticed that the monsoon finally kicked in in Rajasthan!

Read on: Why the people will be happy about the rain »»

Tags: monsoon, Munich, rain, Rajasthan, thunderstorm, Udaipur

Über das Wetter muss man eigentlich nicht reden, sondern einfach nur zum Fenster hinausschauen. Das ist hier in München momentan allerdings gar nicht ratsam: Auch wenn es gerade nicht in Bindfäden regnet, ist es wolkenverhangen, grau und einfach ungemütlich.

Weiterlesen: Was man gegen das schlechte Wetter tun kann »»

Tags: Ascona, Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai, earthTV, Los Angeles, München, Regen, Sonne, Udaipur, Wetter

Vor mindestens einer earthTV-Kamera passiert immer etwas Spannendes oder Kurioses – momentan gibt es mehrere Dinge, die für mich in diese Kategorie gehören:

Was sich vor den earthTV-Kameras abspielt »»

Tags: Deutschland, Eiffelturm, Frankreich, Indien, Kameras, Paris, Rühstädt, Störche, Udaipur