About a hundred and fifty km from Udaipur on a very nice highway (which is actually useless because there is no traffic on it and its consturction has ruined the aravilis) lies Mt Abu.Mixed emotions spring up when you visit this place.What hill station? you may ask yourself and then suddenly say wow! to the temples when you see them.Seems on a weekend that the entire alcohol sapped Gujarat has landed up here for boozing.A pretty place none the less and a lot of fun if you intend to submerge yourself into village and temple photography.
The markets are pretty nice as well.With all sorts of handicrafts and stuff for the ethnic loving .Food too is pretty nice,which is why I took a snap of the traditional rajasthani thali with baati ki kadhi and chole etc.
The nakki lake isn't much of a lake thats left.Pretty dried up but does add to the view from the top none the less.
The sunset point reminds one of Qayamat se Qayamat tak where Amir Khan and Juhi Chawla meet up on dates.Funny how that worked cos there are about a million people who come to see the sunset.But helps me though, to get good pictures.
The best part was to visit the Achal temple where a toe of Sivji is kept and which balances the entire mountain,as per the pujari there.Pretty carvings on the walls and wonderful sculptures all around ,enchant and add to the charm that is usually taken up by the Dilwara temples where photography isn't allowed.
We did trek to the top of the hill of the Achal temple and took a couple of shots there.
Othervise a pretty relaxed town with ample space for you to stretch yourself.
One more thing is these couple of kids we met up with on our way down.With the cutest of faces full of innocence, I couldnt stop myself from taking their pictures.
