Thursday, 25th July So we are in Mount Abu. I am not sure what to say about it, because surprisingly despite its lush green landscape and huge Nakki Lake it has not inspired me that much. Our hotel has not helped. It is the best hotel for ‘travellers’ in the area, i.e. it’s clean and not hugely expensive, but it is a bit grotty really. Our room is of a good size, but again we find that much favoured electrical device of the Indian hotel industry, the strip light casting a harsh squawking light over dark cream walls. The bathroom, institution pale blue, has an ‘eastern toilet’ as they call it here, i.e. A pot hole in the ground. We didn’t have much choice about this, it was either decent-ish room and ethnic facilities or a
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