Weekend number four here in India was a great success! Our first trip outside of Jodhpur....woooo! We sacrificed our beauty sleep saturday morning by heading out early to Mount Abu. About 270km away, it is Rajasthan's highest peak and holds some of the oldest temples in India.
Haha but it wasn't all smooth sailing. About 150 km in, the Indian roads got the better of us...flat tire. No big deal tho, our driver casually got out of the vehicle, put the spare on and we were on our way (although a thorn bush did get the better of Allen). It was a great drive up to the town where the temperatures rapidly decreased from 40 to 25 degrees Celsius...finally haha! On the first day we went hiking up to a couple of viewpoints called Honeymoon Point and Sunset Point. We also had a very relaxing boat ride in Nakki Lake as well as got to dress up in the local Rajathani attire. This was sooooo much fun! After that we retired back to our hotel and ate supper in the hotel restaurant.
Next morning we got up early once again to avoid the morning rush and headed towards Jain Temple. It was a bit of a hike but extremely worth it. It was one of the many temples made completely out of white marble. After a peaceful couple of hours we decided to continue to our next destination. Yet another hike up to Toad Rock. From this point we had a beautiful view of the town below and Nakki Lake. We concluded our sightseeing with Dilwara Temple which is in the core town. Photos were not permitted here so you are just going to have to take my word for it. Absolutely breathtaking architecture! Every inch of the temple held intricate carvings in white marble. It took a bit to recover from what we had just seen but once we did we knew our time in Mount Abu had come to an end. We made our way back down the winding mountain-side roads (which by the way made for extremely scary driving conditions - not for the weak hearted) back to Jodhpur.
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