Trip to Ahmedabad-Udaipur-Mt Abu-22nd Oct-27th Oct Day 6

Trip to Ahmedabad-Udaipur-Mt Abu-22nd Oct-27th Oct Day 6

Day 6-Ahmedabad

It was the 6^th day and the last day of our tour and we had to reach Ahmedabad to catch our flight to Bangalore. I did not want the holidays to end but had to be back in office the next day. There was also not much that we could see as we wanted to reach Ahmedabad early to be on the safer side. . After breakfast we left Mt Aby with a heavy heart. It was around 8:30 – 9 am that we bade goodbye to the place and started for Ahmedabad. The driver was going a little slow as usual and we did not mind this time. The driver was in a  little more friendly mood today. He by the way had got adjusted to the behaviour of 7  eccentric ladies . Or maybe he thought he is finally getting rid of us by 6 pm as our flight was at 7 pm. And that’s why he was happy  J

 

We told him to show any place on the way to Ahmedabad and we had Adalaj in  mind. The Adalaj Stepwell is a popular tourist attraction of the city and is situated 18 km away from Gandhinagar. The well was built in 1499 A.D. by Queen Rudabai. The step well or Vav, as it is called in Gujarati, is intricately carved and is 5 stories deep. The carvings on its walls and pillars are beautiful. This vav has five stories and three gates to enter it. On entering, one is greeted by one mandap with an eight-sided dome. There is a Durga temple outside and one needs to climb down to see the well .We spent some time time wandering around and taking snaps .

 



After spending an hour , the driver told us to visit Vaisno Devi temple. A popular temple of goddess Vaishno Devi located on S.G.Road (Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway). It is an exact replica of Vaishno Devi temple situated in Jammu & Kashmir. And just as popular. Here too one needs to crawl and go inside a cave to have a darshan of Mata. Post darshan we stopped in a restaurant for a late lunch as it was already  3 pm. And we had reached Ahmedabad. We looked around for a good restaurant and finally settled for one on the main road .We spend almost 2 hours chatting , eating , discussing what we missed seeing and what we could still see. 3 of them still wanted to shop but we decided against it as we wanted to reach the airport .So we finally picked up a local sweet famous in Gujarat and made our way to the airport which the driver reached sharp 6 pm. We bade goodbye to the driver and Ahmedabad and Fafda and waited for our flight to arrive to take us back to Bangalore.