Day 19 - 19th Feb - Mount Abu - Udaipur

Since we  still had our not-so-good camera and I'd stopped refusing to take picures because I was sulking so much about lost one, we retraced some of our steps from first day to  get some photos of the lake and from Toad Rock.

Even though they were both guiding in the morning, Narayan and Dalpat rushed back to take us to the bus station... on their mopeds. At least Dalpat had had his fixed but I very much wished there was someone there to take a picture of us. I was fortunate and had the spare wheel to balance my bag on but would have liked to have set off second so I could have seen Matt and his back teetering on the back of a Vespa which was crawling up a very steep hill.

It was really hard to say goodbye. We feel very lucky to have stumbled across such caring, honest people. Their generosity and kindness was unlimited and they welcomed us as friends. They were a different breed of people to many that we have met in India and we learned a lot from spending time with them. Our goodbye to ND was quite short because he had to go and eat lunch before his afternoon job but Dalpat stayed around to see us off. He  went to buy us water and came back with a bag of fruit too so we'd have something to eat on the journey but refused to let us pay for it.

The journey down the mountain was stunning. It was so beautiful and soon looked so remote that it was hard to imagine that a community lived at the summit. The views were quite spectacular but it was difficult to capture on camera due to the perilous nature of the  roads and the suicidal driving skills.

Arrived Udaipur and got to lovely,clean guesthouse. They even had a toilet roll, towels and a little collection of goodies such as soap and a little pot of moisturiser. The first decent hot shower we'd had in weeks was heaven.

They also had (very slow) wifi so, after lots of faffing, we even managed a skype conversation with my family. Really enjoyed being able to see them and chat though it does make me miss them even more.