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  • Udaipur – First thoughts

    Udaipur – First thoughts

    The city which is supposedly very romantic indeed looked very different from the Kutch region. The building here were a lot more rich and refined. The first thing I noticed was the streets were extremely clean. Especially in a main market area. The second thing that I noticed was the city sleeps even at 10am Read more

  • Road to Heaven

    Road to Heaven

    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. There is white desert on both sides of the road. The road is Read more

  • Kachchh Love

    Kachchh Love

    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 Read more

  • The Harappans

    The Harappans

    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. I met a kid on the way to the city and he told me Read more

  • Tripping on Salt

    Tripping on Salt

    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. I saw the sunrise today morning at the salt desert. Later in the day I Read more

  • Snow? No Salt

    Snow? No 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. Ek aur photo bhi banti hai. This place is untouched unlike Read more