There is a road, not visible on google maps, right in the middle of the Rann of Kutch Lake. The road joins Khavda to Dholavira. It’s called the Road to Heaven. It should ideally called Road in Heaven. It is that beautiful. Road in Heaven There is white desert on both sides of the road. … Continue reading Road to Heaven

Ever since I landed in Kutch, the people have been very nice. The place I stayed in Dholavira is in the middle of a village and some oldies from the village visit the place in the morning, sit by the fire, have a chai, greet people and leave by around 10-11am. They wear a type … Continue reading Kachchh Love

Dholavira is one of the places where the Harappans had settled down and they had built a huge city here. The Dholavira region also has a lot of birds and I was welcomed by a pretty one right in the morning. Am I the pretty one? I met a kid on the way to the … Continue reading The Harappans

The white desert or salt desert is just about 4km from the place I stay. I am still in awe of it and irrespective of how many other places exist to visit I keep going back to the salt desert. Sunrise at salt desert I saw the sunrise today morning at the salt desert. Later … Continue reading Tripping on Salt

Drove down to this place called Dholavira. It’s an island in the Rann of Kutch Lake. The roads leading to the place has water on both sides and it’s now dried up to expose the white desert which is nothing but dried crystalline salt. Photo on white desert Ek aur photo bhi banti hai. This … Continue reading Snow? No Salt

I went to a small hill nearby called Bhujio Hill. It is believed that Kutch was ruled by the Nagas. The last Naga’s name was called Bhujang. He lived in the hills and it was hence called Bhujia Hill. The foothills of Bhujia was called Bhuj. Can you now also relate to Bhujangasana, the snake … Continue reading Bhujanga se Bhuj

After a lot of riding yesterday I decided to roam only in Bhuj today. Bhuj interestingly had a lot of places to visit and frankly one day is not enough. Khaman Sev I started my day with some street food breakfast. Went to the market area and had Poha, Khaman, Dabeli, Fafda, Jelebi etc. I … Continue reading Food and Palaces – Bhuj

I visited this place called Dark Canyon. It’s a rocky place carved like a canyon by a river. Right now it’s dry and so one can get down and see the place. It’s not very big. May be 8-10 feet deep. Dark Canyon People over here are obsessed with taking pictures. That too, good pictures. … Continue reading Shutterbugs….

Later in the day I travelled to Lakhpat. It was once the major port that connected Gujarat to Sindh. It got its name from Rao Lakha who ruled the area. However they also say it used to generate Lakhs of rupees (or whatever currency it was during 18th century) of income. So it was called … Continue reading The Lost City

Me - Wow. Such nice breeze. The Wind - I can go fast. See me go even faster. My Lips - You are drying me out. I might crack soon. Me - Here you go Lips, have some vaseline. The Wind - I can bring some desert dust along with me too. My Lips - … Continue reading Conversations with The Wind

I wanted to see some offbeat places near Bhuj and after talking around, found that all the offbeat places are not near but a little away. Powered with my RE, I decided to take a LONG drive. I clocked 380+ kilometres today but the ride was totally worth it. Road today. No trees. Only shrubs. … Continue reading Where desert meets the sea

Enough people have told that the Rann Ustav is extremely overrated. So I did not book it. It’s extremely expensive too. 10k per night. To just see what it looks like, I visited the Rann Ustav as a day trip and did not stay there. After seeing Kalo Dongar, I drove down to Rann Ustav. … Continue reading Rann (away) Utsav

After reaching Bhuj and checking into the homestay, I decided to get a bike for rent to roam around nearby areas. I picked up a RE classic. With the bike I felt more confident that I can go wherever I want whenever I want. I decided to go to Kalo Dungar. It’s a small hill … Continue reading I now have a Vaahan