We stopped at a famous garden in Udaipur which is dedicated to a great warrior, Maharana Pratap and his horse, Chetak. The story of a famous battle between the Hindus/Muslims and Mugals is told throughout the garden on many monuments. After a brief garden history lesson, we began a long journey north and west through the mountains toward the desert on the other side.
Around lunchtime, we stopped at a Unesco World Heritage Site called the Jain Temple. This is located in the Aravali valley. This temple is a marble monumental masterpiece intricately carved and assembled without the help of any substance. There were over 1000 columns in a perfect balancing act. Tons of spires, columns, and levels were built by many architectural laborers. It took 60 years to build beginning in 1439.
From this spectacular Buddhist meditative creation, we began a 4 hour drive on a truck route from hell watching many trucks, buses, cows, people on scooters, wild boars, dogs, and monkeys dodge each other on a very narrow muddy piece of old bumpy tarmack. We did arrive in a place called Luni at our accommodation for one night, Fort Chanwa. We dined by candlelight and watch an Indian puppet show before bed.
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