We spent the next few days in Bhuj checking out the few sites they have, shopping (Dilshad), and experiencing the great street food, enjoying the people interactions and language. So while we were at the Hill View Resort hotel, we took the auto-rickshaws everywhere, as they were readily available and cheap. The rickshaws stopped at…
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We left Bera Safari Lodge early in the morning, as we had a long drive to reach Bhuj that afternoon. Reason we wanted to get to Bhuj early was because that day was full moon, and full moon is the best time to see the Raan of Kutch. More on that later. Kutch is a…
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After a very delicious Indian breakfast at the Almond Tree hotel in Jodhpur, we drove south towards Bera, our next stop. We drove on Hwy 62 again, and about 20kms before Pali, we came to a stop at the Bullet Baba shrine. Legend has it that in recent past, on 2 December 1991, Om Banna…
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After the wedding in Bikaner, we left early the next morning to drive to Jodhpur. While I had been to Rajasthan before, I had never been to Jodhpur, and Dilshad had been impressed with Jodhpur from an earlier visit, so we decided to visit Jodhpur, and stay in the old city. The drive from Bikaner…
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We left Pushkar the morning the Camel Fair was wrapping up, and drove towards Bikaner, Rajasthan. The roads were reasonably decent even if they were not major roads, till we reached Nagaur, where we stopped for a short break for some famous Kesar Chai (Saffron milk tea) at a famous local roadside tea and snack…
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