Blogs from Gujarat, India, Asia - page 21

One of the longest hotel corridors must be located in Jamnagar at the Ashiana hotel and our room was at the end of this mile long hallway... But you can say it was worth the walk, it was a big spacious room and with a view of what could have been a nice park, were it not for the usual piles of garbage... Instead it was a haven for mosquitos! Jamnagar was where Tori was going to leave us to go back to Calcutta and fly home... Knowing her love for birds, we decided to go to Khijadiya bird sanctuary the last day before she left. Tori was in her element, sneaking around, blending in with the birds... We on the other hand were like elephants compared to her... We wisely decided to retreat into one ... read more

First of all, Happy New Year to all of you! Now I have got that out of the way, it is time to tell a bit about our New Years celebrations in Diu... It all started with Tori and I picking up my parents from Diu airport... A very small airport it is, and we were not allowed inside the grounds... No we had to wait outside the gates... But soon after the plane landed Tori spotted my mother running out of the arrival hall waving frantically at us! They had arrived! I had been looking forward to seeing them since I knew they were coming over... This is the first time I was taking my parents on a trip in stead of the other way around... So I whisked them in an auto rickshaw to ... read more

I have been exploring the region Kutch which is second largest district in India after Leh (J&K) I love to meet local people as well as tourists/travellers in Kutch and sharing experiences, thoughts, new ideas, can I say Everything?" ;-)) This is my first try to creat blog I don't know will it be work? I proud to be born in Kutch as there are many places like Kalo Dungar (85 km), Dhinodhar (than) 60 km, Mandvi beach (60 km), Lakhpat fort (135 km), Harrappan Civilisation site-Dholavira and many more.. I would be glad to help you if you need any tips regarding Places, Accommodation, Travelling, Culture & Customs, Health and Safety, etc. Please feel free to conatct me through email (desert_adventures@yahoo.com) Thank you, Kuldip ... read more

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

FRENCH Nous avons passé notre dernière semaine en Inde dans le Gujarat, région natale de Gandhi, l'ultra-prêcheur de la non-violence et qui avait bien raison de dire que... "oeil pour oeil et dent pour dent, ça ne ferait jamais que des édentés et des aveugles". Petit arrêt à Ahmedabad ou je suis allée visité l'ashram de... Gandhi donc, pendant que Jason, lui, a préféré aller voir un puit à l'architecture archi-impressionante, un baoli ça s'appelle. On a enchainé le soir-même par 8 heures de bus pour Bhuj. Bhuj est une petite ville mignonne, propre (relativement... parce que dans la vie, tout est relatif.). Ses rues et ruelles constituent un véritable labyrinthe ou il est facile, mais agréable, de se perdre. Les séquelles du tremblement de terre de 2001 sont encore visibles et la reconstruction des monuments ... read more