taking the fortress.

On Saturday two friends took me (David) three hours outside the city to a tiny town in our state that boasts a rock fortress built by a Muslim king into the second largest monolith in Asia.  It was a grand adventure, traveling through the countryside, getting glimpses of everyday rural life, and culminating in one grueling hike.

You’ll notice in the pictures below that the means of ascending the fortress is hundreds upon hundreds of little steps carved into rock.  Fortunately, the government has installed a rickety guardrail because at the top you must cross a sheer rock face horizontally.