At 11.15pm we caught the overnight train back to Jodhpur, retracting our steps of the night before. In Jodhpur by 5am, Etienne headed for Pushkar while George, Jo and I caught another train to Abu Road then a rickety old local bus up the hill to Mt Abu (1,200m) - a shady little hill station perched beside the sadly under-filled Nakki Lake. It was a pleasant little town though and a nice change from the intense heat of the desert. I took the chance try some Thali's; traditional Southern Indian and Gujarati all you can eat meal, similar to Dhal Bhat in Nepal. I tried a few regional variations including a nice Punjabi one with curd but I stayed away from the goats brain curry.
The main attractions in town are the group of exquisite Jain temples- possibly the finest examples of Jain architecture in India where the art of carving marble reached unsurpassed heights. These important and very old temples date from the 11th and 13th centuries, which is difficult to believe after seeing the minute detail paid to the interior of each temple.
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| Mt Abu - Superstar |
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