Mount Abu

We took a bus to Mount Abu, Rajasthan's only hill station (sitting at a mighty 1200m above sea level). It's fundamentally a holiday resort for Indian families and couples and feels strangely like I expect Blackpool would have felt in the 1950s, with pedalos on a big lake, ice cream vendors everywhere and shops selling tourist tat. Having said that, it's actually quite a nice place to be with loads of restaurants serving great all-you-can-eat Gujarati Thalis (we are only a stone's throw from Gujarat) and excellent walking in the hills. It definitely makes a refreshing change from the throngs of Western tourists in the other Rajasthani cities and towns. There's nothing approaching broadband Internet connections here so we won't be uploading any photos for a few days....apologies.