Started our day very early today. Up at 4, left the hotel at 5. Caught a flight from Ahmedabad to Lucknow. We had morning tea/lunch on arrival. I do not do well uncaffeinated. Lucknow seems like a fairly relaxed city, with lots of beautiful new buildings. 2.5 million people. We spent the afternoon doing a…

Brilliant day, around Ahmedabad. Some views as we drove to our first destination…. As you can see, a bit grubby and mildly chaotic, but seems very liveable. Our first destination was the ashram where Mahatma Gandhi lived between 1917 and 1930. It was from here in Ahmedabad that he organised his first non-violent protests. He…

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…

Not many photos today. We more or less stayed in Bhuj. Our first stop was the town museum, the Museum of Kutch. A beautiful collection of artefacts from Palaeolithic through to last century. Stone carvings, amazing textiles, silver. Sadly, it does not appear that preserving the past is a priority here. We then went back…

Another fascinating day. We left Bhuj in our little bus (the Spice Bus) and drove south. The countryside was much more lush than in the north, with occasional hills and creeks. Lots mired in things growing- cotton, palm trees, sugar cane. Our first stop was the summer palace of the last maharajah of Kutch .…

A new post each day seems like a good idea… A very long day in the bus. We are doing very civilised 9.30 starts. We headed north and spent the day watching local craftspeople work. The first village was called Nirona. We first learned about a fabric painting technique called Rogan. The paint is a…

Day 1 A long day of travel. Nothing exciting. Sydney to Singapore, a layover of a few hours, and then Singapore to Delhi. Having expected queues and bureaucracy and confusion, I found the arrival process smooth and streamlined. No fuss. I emerged from the airport into heavy pollution. Really poor air quality. A short drive…

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