MissTtravels

Not much to report. We spent very long day in the bus travelling from Bhuj to Ahmedabad, the capital of the state of Gujarat.

Along the way we saw the usual weird and wonderful variety of vehicles. Also various crops. And some trains. This part of India is very flat, and also quite industrialised.

We stopped for lunch at a pleasant roadside cafe, and had aloo pratha. Spicy pancakes with potato filling. Everything around here is pretty much vego, so we have not had meat for days. No eggs, chicken or fish either.

Also developing a passion for the Indian version of Coke, which is called “Thumbs Up”. We can only drink bottled drinks here, and it makes a change from plain water. Sometimes we have lassi, mostly the salty one.

This part of India is alcohol-free, so no gin and tonics after a hard day on the tourist trail!

As we got closer to the coast, we saw quite a few different types of birds: egrets, ducks, cormorants, and some beautiful kingfishers.

Ahmedabad seems to be a really large city, located on a river. It seems clean and well organised compared to other places we have been. Actually has working traffic lights, that people pay attention to. There are monkeys roaming the streets getting up to all kinds of mischief.

I think we are going to have dinner in the hotel. We are here for two nights, and so far the hotel is a big step up from FT Bhuj branch.