Blogs from Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India, Asia

I’m sure he shouldn’t have been driving after the excesses of last night’s party, but Lajpal came to collect me from my hotel in his little car, pristine white and shiny when he received it as a wedding gift but now showing the scars of battles with Rajasthan’s roads and collisions with badly-driven cars. We drove first to Rajshri’s parents’ home in a part of Jaipur that, despite having been there several times, I could never hope to find on my own in the maze of traffic-crammed streets. Then we were on our way – a five-and-a-half-hour journey would take us south-west on National Highway 8, skirting Ajmer and Beawar to Lajpal’s home in Sadri (near Ranakpur, if you’re looking for it on a map!). Here, with financial support from his family and bank, he’s ... read more

Rano v pohode budicek. Este po mne majitelka chcela aby som zaplatil za noc,co ti sije ,sak som platil manzelovy. Vcera mi este chceli velkodusne predat veceru,zbytky co nedojedli. Na bus stanicu som isiel opat vdaka mojmu priatelovy z mobilu,sygic. Opat ma to dalo najkratsou trasou, t.j. bocne ulicky plne smeti,hovien,koz,krav a neskutocneho bordelu a samozrejme nesmeli chybat otravny riksaci. Na bus stanici mensi problem najst moj bus. Jeden sofer ma posielal na nastupiste c.7. Tam pusto,iba tam sedela jedna indka,ta kukala na mna s otvorenu hubu. Tak som radsej siel na informacie,tam ma poslali k nastupistu c.6.Tam kupenu listok,bus odchadzal za 20.min. Batozinu som dal dozadu do nakladneho priestoru,mal som mensie lepy aby mi ju niekto neslohol,bo tam nestal ziadny clovek v uniforme,obsluhoval to len volaky ind,neskor zistene,ze sprievodca. V buse vedla mna sedel ind,furt ... read more

Mount Abu, unsere nächste Station, ist die Sommerfrische der indischen Mittelschicht und ein beliebter Flitterwochenort. Der Ort an sich liegt sehr pittoresk in den zerklüfteten aber sehr grünen Bergen des Aravalligebirge auf 1200 m Höhe weswegen auch jetzt zu Beginn des indischen Sommers noch angenehme Temperaturen hier herrschen. Der ganze Ort gruppiert sich um einen kleinen See und das Ufer gleicht einem Rummelplatz mit Läden, Ständen, Musikshows, Ruderbootverleih und diversen anderen Vergnügungen. Nach unserer Ankunft checken wir in einem ordentlichen Hotel direkt am See ein und genehmigen uns einen kleinen Mittagsimbiss auf der Seeblickterrasse, dann fahren wir zu den etwa 5 km entfernten Dilwara-Tempeln. Von außen sehen die Tempel relativ unscheinbar aus aber die riesige Schlange am Eingang (nur Inder) überzeugt uns augenblicklich dass es hier etwas tolles zu sehen geben muss. Ma... read more

December 16, 2010: Mt. Abu Sam Wrote: We met with our guide, Dalpat Singh Rathore, promptly at 10am. Our first stop was St. Mary’s School – where I attended over 40 years ago. The school still looks the same but they have obviously expanded. For example, the school road from Abu road was all forest when I attended the school – now it has houses built on both sides all the way up. The school had shut down for their winter break but some of the teachers were there and the day students were sporadically coming there with their parents to collect their report cards. We got to meet some of the staff and students. This school has definitely fared better than Bhavan’s in Baroda. After that we went to visit the Patel Boarding House where ... read more

Hey all,Brad here,thought i'd give luscious Lindsey a break from the PC!!!Ok,after a serious detox in Bhuj,which is in a dry state,and my body being in shock for 3 days as i havent been clean since i was about 10 or 11,haha,we leave Bhuj on a day train which takes us from Gujarat into the province of Rajasthan...Our trip takes about 7 hours and we arrive at a station called Abu Road,which is at the foothill of a famous mountain called Mt Abu..Its a hillstation,the only one in Rajasthan,sittin 1200 m above sea level..A taxi takes us up the mountain at around 12 midnight,and an i just say that the fog we went through was the worst i've ever seen!It was as if we were "hot boxing" this dudes taxi as i could see NOTHING!!!Anyways we ... read more