In Continuation…

Boating on Nakki Lake, Mt Abu

In continuation of the post last Saturday (ref post of November 17), the news is that the group reached Mt Abu on Sunday morning, thanks to the timely intervention of a good Samaritan who ensured a mini bus was made available at Vadodara Station in the dead of night. Everything looks hunky dory now, as is clear from the picture at the left.
However, Nafisa Sayyed raised a scare when she reported ill upon reaching the hotel at Mt Abu. It was quite possible that the strain of the overnight journey had taken its toll. But since she is an acute diabetic with multiple ailments (including a delicate heart condition) no chances could be

Nafisa Sayyed (file photo)

taken – more so, as Mt Abu is not connected by an airport.
Luckily for everybody, a heart attack was ruled out.

Outside the Garden, Arun Patil (l) anchors a discussion on the trip 

But on the doctor’s advice, she had to stay put in the hotel all day, taking complete bed rest. By the evening, she had reportedly recovered fully and was back to her cheerful self, up and about with the rest of the group.
The odyssey evoked mixed responses in the Garden this morning. On the one hand, a highly amused Arun Patil dismissed all the hardship as an “adventure” that ended well. On the other hand, Shekhawat and Bijoy Gupta expressed their concern, anxiously counting the days left for the group to return “safe and sound” in Mumbai.
However, for the ladies like Razia Khan, Khatoon Baig and Rukhsana Khan, the reaction was more in the nature of sour grapes. Many thanked their stars for not having ventured out and being able to enjoy life in the Garden!