India - day sixteen, seventeen - Mt Abu

It's been a long time since I see green mountains, green pastures, and green trees. It is so refreshing here. This is the cleanest place I have yet seen in India. Interestingly this is mostly a place for local tourists, not foreigners.

I think I've came down with a cold. I have to drop my hiking plan :( It would have been a nice hike... It is just too bad that I made it all the way here and couldn't do the stuff I've planned. All I managed to do was to walk around the lake, and went to see the sunset.

Little did I know, that yesterday was the last day of Diwali. Fireworks were everywhere. I was finally able to see some locals playing fireworks. And there were rave party music playing really loud from afar. If it's not for my cold, I would have followed the noise...

I've met the nicest locals here, they are so willing to help out. I arrived late at night yesterday. An off duty tour guide offered to walk me to my hotel. Thank God for that fellow 'cause I was dead tired with my cold.

I wouldn't mind spending a few more days here! But tomorrow I have to move on to my final destination, Udaipur - Viennese of the East.