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  • Rann (away) Utsav

    Rann (away) Utsav

    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. Read more

  • I now have a Vaahan

    I now have a Vaahan

    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 Read more

  • Heritage walk that never happened

    Heritage walk that never happened

    I was reading various blogs about Ahmedabad and in one blog they mentioned about a Heritage walk. The author of the blog has written that his perspective of Ahmedabad completely changed after the walk. That piqued my curiosity. There are two heritage walks, one in the morning and one in the night both for around Read more

  • Rivers & Lakes

    Rivers & Lakes

    The Sabarmati river is the cleanest river I have seen inside a city in India. While the water might not be potable it definitely clean and not smelling and does not have any floating dirt. With this clean river the city panning authority have really used the space around the river beautifully. The riverfront area Read more

  • Kings and their wells

    Kings and their wells

    Given this is a hot place in summers, rain water harvesting was a thing from centuries ago. If we were to do rainwater harvesting we will make a rectangular yet random shaped asymmetrical pit and make all the water flow into it through bad looking PVC pipes. The kings were different. Obviously, they were Kings! Read more

  • The Ashram – Sabarmati

    The Ashram – Sabarmati

    Next was to Sabarmati Ashram. Here I saw the place where Modi and Xi Jinping sat and posed (or may be discussed about India China). I saw the room where Ghandhiji sat and had all his important meetings. Saw the various Kutirs where different people stayed etc. The place is on the banks of the Read more