A friend of mine sent me this link, and I said to her: "I MUST see that place."
Abhaneri Step Well in India
So, like true baoli hunters, she and I headed to the village of Abhaneri as soon as we could. (Well, maybe I'm the hunter and she's the one who is a good sport about it all.)
The Chand Baori (they say "baori" instead of "baoli" in this area) is the deepest step well in India--maybe even in the world, as I'm not sure they have them outside of the Indian subcontinent--at 30 meters deep.
The water today is green and not very appealing at all.
The royal family and nobility living in the area used the baoli as a retreat and a hot-weather hang out.
It's fascinating architecture, and because of that it's fun to photograph. Or film.
The local "guide" who followed us around the baori told us there were many movies filmed here. "Even a hollywood movie," he claimed.
"Yeah, which one?" I asked.
Apparently it's true, though, because the stepwell even shows up in the trailer of The Fall.
Good architecture is worth hunting down.
Especially when it's a stepwell.
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