http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Gujarat , Ahmedabad en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:33:35 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:33:35 +0000 Und Aktion.. so oder so aenlich erging es mir in Ahmedabad. Diese Stadt sprueht foermlich vor Energie. Vor allem Sonntags wo man doch erwarten wuerde dass alles geschlossen ist und jeder in Ruhe seinen Tee trinkt. Aber nein nicht so in Ahmedabad. Sonntag Markttag. Und zum Glueck kam ich nach einer langen.. langen geradezu sehr langen Busfahrt an einem Sonntag in Ahmedabad an. Nach dem Check http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-455517.html Situated 18 kms North of Ahmedabad main City at the crossing called Adalaj which is a tri section this place cover s a very large area. The entire Vav is split into 5 levels. The Vav has pillars and walls which are ornately carved. There are gaps in each level which take you to the lower level. Leaves flowers fishes birds and other designs fill the walls and pillars. At the entrance of the V http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/Adalaj/blog-447421.html m back for a few days and fortunately had two nice weekends to spend...Made a 2day trip to these rustic ruins in Gujarat and covered this spectacular heritage site....The Sun Temple of ModheraMODHERA99 kms from Ahmedabad the 11th century Sun temple of Modhera is easily one of the finest examples of devotional in western India. Built by the Solanki Rajput kings the aid of donations from th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-443411.html t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-433993.html Aspiring to provide memorable holiday tour and a model retreat for travelers I m travel agent ahmedabad and tour operator ahmedabad work to give my customers a complete and comprehensive range of holiday packages tour packages and transportation services such as Trade Fair Tours MICE holiday package tours corporate incentive tours air ticket booking international domestic railway ticke http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-420351.html Orientation Part IOrientation lasted from Jan. 20th to Feb. 9th. Within those three weeks nine AJWS fellows and three orientation leaders lived at Gandhirsquos ashram in Ahmadabad and for 45 days we stayed at a Dalit untouchable vocational school.While at the AshramhellipDiscussionsThe days were primarily filled with discussions on either International Development India Judaism crossc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-385355.html Arriving in IndiaWhen the captain announced that we were landing in Mumbai I had finally begun to realize I was going to be in India for 9 months. Looking out through the window it could have very easily have been Israel or the hills and canyons surrounding Malibu during the summer but it wasnrsquot. As we landed the first I saw were the dilapidated slums that surrounded the airportrsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-379968.html What a week I have had. I have trekked many kilometres over the Gujarat state as we made our way to the marriage in Vadodara Baroda. Many experiences and much exhaustion I have acquired. Most recently I have been the victim of theft unknowingly. All my money and credit cards stolen without me knowing in a place that one would least likely find a thief in my thoughts anyway. But this is India an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-365842.html We are now sat in Udaipur having just spent a couple of days in Ahmedabad the capital of the Gujarat region. As we have reached the halfway point of our time in India and as we have had a relatively quiet couple of days we thought we would try to describe some of our thoughts on the everyday India that we have experienced. This is kind of our 'exhale' after the 'deep breath' of landing in India http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-363660.html Yesterday we got up early to check out of our prime room and headed out on a MP3 guided walking tour of the old city. We felt like proper tourists with headphones on gazing up at the buildings. The tour took us from an old mansion past a really old mosque with beautiful carved windows along past some British art deco to the old town fort. At the fort the tour started to really prove fantastic as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-359860.html This morning we arrived in Ahmedabad via the sleeper train from Mumbai. We are a little cross eyed and hungry but excited to be here. As we arrived so early 6.30 am very little is open so we are yet to get breakfast. The train was quite a good experience our expectations were not high and we both got quite a bit of sleep in our tiny bunks. We also caught our first auto rickshaw into town to f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-359215.html Yes we are just NOW packing. We are last minute people you know. We have about a week and a few days until we leave and packing is just a mess. Aside from mine Arya's and Nikki's bags we also have bags with goodies for the family. I dont even want to know what the baggage fees will cost once we weigh our bags at the airport. Anyway I set up this blog so that once I am in India I can post what i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-354723.html To travel across different unknown places is one of the most adventurous activity of all time. It helps us to explore different cultures communities people of different religions etc.Traveling begins by searching the means of transportation available to our desired location. To make my search minimal for traveling tickets I have found one travel meta search engine which help me to get my tickets http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-334131.html Ahmedabad was an interesting place. Being Indiarsquos 6th largest city it didnrsquot have the relics and sites that one would expect though it didnrsquot need them. The city was like the Manchester or New England for India as a place that underwent an industrial revolution drawing millions from the countryside to work in its textile factories. As such the city is more of a bluecollar ci http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-332567.html INDIAi love india and the nature of india specially gir national park. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-321339.html Ein weiteres Mal melden wir uns aus den unendlichen Weiten Indiens. Oben genanntes Hotel ist zwar nicht unsere Residenz jedoch ist es ein gutes Beispiel fuer die indische RickschafahrerMentalitaet. Als wir dort naemlich hier sei angemerkt das beste Lokal der Stadt essen gehen wollten und dem Rickschafahrern auf der Map besagten Eintrag gezeigt haben und anscheinen zum Ziel gebracht werden soll http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-309316.html I've always been interested in who reads my blog. A few years ago when I was backpacking through South America I started emailing stories back to some friends and to the office. It took a while but eventually I heard that people enjoyed them and were passing them on to others. Of course none of the people who just hit delete told me about it but I figured they can just mark me as spam and let t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/Adalaj/blog-284335.html This isnt one of the most impressive cities ive visited over the last few weeks although it does seem that as I move further North the cleaner the cities tend to be. Is this because all the rivers run Southwards A modern day metropolis in the state of Gujarat Ahmedabad just gets on with its day to day routine like every other city in this part of the world. There isnrsquot a great deal t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-274532.html Just when you hoped that the transport complaints in this blog were over think again The overnight bus we took from Mumbai a mere five hours after our arrival to Mumbai from Chennai was a killer. For starters the bus was non AC and at this point in our journey the deadly Indian heat was really starting to penetrate everything. Second it took us nearly 4 hours to just get out of Mumbai as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-271180.html We've left Rajastan now and we've decided to head south again. The trouble with travelling in India is that you can never do anything on the spur of the moment. You have to plan everything days in advance. Not much fun if you want to change plans on a whim.Going from Udaipur we wanted to go to a resort area called Diu in the south of Gujarat. Well that would have taken over 24 hours by train so we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-268532.html