Blogs from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia - page 9

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Jaisalmer - Ahmedabad - Vadodara The bus left Jaisalmer at 5.00pm to Ahmehabad hoping to arrive at its destination by 4.00am the following morning. Before we actually left the station we had the usual tourist con trick which is to charge us for storing the luggage in the boot of the bus (despite having paid probably way over the odds for a ticket in the first place). Normally the charge is only a couple of rupees per bag but it had steadily been climbing and now reached its peak of 20 rupees a bag! That's 50p for both bags! Doesn't sound a lot but a meal can be bought for that so its all relative and by now it's the principle that matters (especially as the government has imposed a foreign tourist tax just to enter ... read more

Hey all Just on a journey from Mumbai to Udaipur, we couldn't find a direct route so now we're in Ahmedabad for an hour between trains. We had an 8 hour one from Mumbai and now we have a 6 or 7 one to Udaipur, so we'll arrive there very early morning, struggle through to day and see Udaipur, then we don't know completely what we're doing in Rajastan apart from that we have a train from Jaipur to Delhi on the 19th, and we want it to involve a camel trek. It's nowhere near long enough for what it meant to be one of India's states most worth travelling, but I guess you don't have time to see everything. For the last 2 nights in Mumbai we firstly went out to Polly Esthers club, with ... read more

Mumbai to AhmedabadSion and Niki Well, the "City of Dust' certainly lives up to its name, its hot, dusty, frantic....but very friendly. They obviously don't get many tourists in Gujarat because everyone wants to meet us, shake our hands and follow us around town...you can't shake them off! We even had two little school boys ask for our autographs today. Its very flattering, but a bit exhausting saying hello to every man, woman, child, cow, donkey, camel and rabid dog on the street. But, beware not to let your guard down too much, because whilst the people of Ahmedabad have a sweet side, it can turn nasty (think Chucky). On our first night we discovered that the beggar kids like to chase after you in hoardes pinching your arms, and throwing rocks at you, maybe they ... read more

Hi! We're having a good time still. We took an adventurous jaunt to Politana, and stayed in a Dharmasala along the way, which is like a Jain monastery. We saw so many temples and we climbed the whole 3200 steps! Our legs are still sore. :) CHeck out the pics.... read more