A memorable drive

Even on the road from the airport to the hotel, it is impossible to not marvel at the irony of it all. Rajasthan has been described as the ‘Desert State of India’ for the longest time ever, yet the road to Aurika Udaipur seemed to cut through a lush landscape that I would associate with cooler climes. As we got closer to the hotel, the car turned off the main road into what looked like a badly done concrete street that would lead into a village. My second surprise of the day turned out to be the hotel itself. Carved straight into the mountain, this huge luxury hotel was nothing that you’d imagine could lie at the end of that village road. Had I been a clairvoyant, I would have read these as signs of what was to come because nothing about the Hyundai i20 N Line is unsurprising. Founded in the 1550s by Maharana Udai Singh II of Mewar, Udaipur is a beautiful city. Filled with lakes and palaces, to me this Rajput city symbolises luxurious living at its best. From the monumental complex of 11 palaces that make up the City Palace to the exotic Lake Palace of