Go back to your last vacation and relive your mornings. The sun had woken up but you were asleep. There were no deadlines to achieve, no backlogs to clear. You stayed in bed even after waking up just because… Dig into the reserves of your memory a little more and think of the vacation before that. Chances are high that the morning still looks the same. In fact, keep going back in time and you would find that irrespective of location, weather or time of the year, this one thing remains the same. You may ask, isn't this the best type of morning? Let us present to you an alternate scenario and you take a call after that.
You are in Jaipur and you wake up while it’s dark. Sleep still lingers in your footsteps. You somehow gather the courage and willingness to move out of your comfort zone and reach Amer Bus Stand. While you are still thinking about an alternate reality where you could still have been in bed, you are greeted by two smiling, cheerful and excited faces. They tell you that you are about to go on a hike. You say to yourself - A hike in Jaipur? It’s probably just a selling tactic. They say you’ll explore an unexplored part of Jaipur. The conversation in your head goes on – I have done my research and visited everything that’s worth visiting here. Then something changes and your personal mumblings stop. You have covered a certain distance and stories begin to roll. Tales of valor of not only kings, but also sepoys in their armies. Anecdotes of the unflinching belief of the general public that their kingdom would always look after them. Accounts of queens running into the battlefield to stand by a commitment they made to their people. These narratives could wake up anyone and so the sun is also up now. A fresh breeze blows through your hair as you try to capture the view with your bare eyes as well as your camera. Even after you resume, it takes some time to soak in what you just witnessed.
The climb continues and the adventure heightens. You have heard a lot about Jaipur from friends but none of them have had this encounter of navigating through bushes and rocks only to find yourself walking on the boundary wall of a fort that was built more than 500 years ago. Just when you thought this is the crescendo, you reach the top point of your hike and the expanse in front of you is….
Now, you are on your way back as your mind is still hunting for words to sum up what you saw. All you think of is why did this end so soon and what more could I have seen, felt and lived through. In the midst of all this you’ve forgotten that it’s almost 11AM and you are hungry (probably also a little tired). The two radiant souls now escort you to their own abode - ZERO AMER - where your taste buds go for an authentic Jaipuri joyride while the other senses open up to a splendid experience. You know the final goodbye is just around the corner. While you try your best to hold on to this time, the clock is still ticking and everyone has to leave. Yet, you are overjoyed that you did take this step of going on this adventure, that you met two people who you would like to meet again, that you’ve had a morning you would never forget.
But aren’t you forgetting something? All this began with a question that still needs a response. If we are allowed to make a guess we would say it has already been answered and what you are looking for is this - Hike the 'Great Aravalli Range of Amer' and its Hidden Gems