Saturday, February 23, 2008

Mount Abu (Rajasthan)

After visiting Udaipur in November 2006, I also spent a day or two in Mount Abu. The hill station looks like a paradise if you view it from some hill top. The view was striking from the mini terrace garden in front of our room. The Dilwara temple is a must see. It has beautiful sculptures and marvellous marble carvings. It reminded me of the Taj Mahal.

Boating in the Nakki lake was fun. There is a small market from where we bought beautiful bed sheets and footwear. The ride in the Mount Abu special rickshaw called the helicopter was hilarious. This rickshaw was like a garden trolley with a man pulling it. We took this helicopter till the sun set point. As the sun set, it looked like a hot iron ball, dark orange in colour. The mixed shades of blue, yellow and orange in the sky looked gorgeous.

Mount Abu is a hill station special in its own sense. Being in Rajasthan, the mountains are brown. They have their own beauty and look quite different than the hills of Himachal.

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