[ampere]

The stepwell at Adalaj is very nice. But one needs to wait for a good lucky moment to snap it. Else you will always find people walking into your frame. I had to wait for some time and in some case request people to hold. But all in all its an awesome place.

Jain temples: Yes there are plenty. If you hit the Dwarka/Somnath side, its fun to even visit Bhavnagar. There is the beautiful Swami Narayan temple and not to mention the temple inside the sea (35km from Bhavnagar) which gets covered by high tide later part of the day (Look for Nishkalank Madadev; You have to walk 1.5 km in slush into the sea when the tide recedes). Remembered to post about Bhavnagar, after I saw the picture of Mandvi. Next to Bhavnagar is Alang which has the ship decommissioning set-up.

[paragsachania]

Originally Posted by ampere

Next to Bhavnagar is Alang which has the ship decommissioning set-up.

Indeed and was earlier touted as Asia's largest Ship breaking yard was additionally famous for a lot of shops set up in and around here selling all from those ships - Electrical and Electronic items, upholstery, Mechanical components, Aluminum beams 'et al.

Also known as a natural port and hence the ease to get those ships to the shore and decommission.

Folks including mine have always visited Alang to get something unique - Domestic Lighting, wiring, Heavy duty Washing Machines, Dishwashers, tools and more.

As of today, there are shops that stock Chinese equipment and sell it as "Alang" stuff .

[vinitbhavi]

Hii Suhas what a super travelogue!
As usual your writing is really crisp, detailed and makes one feel part of the journey with you. Visiting the Rann and border areas must be so exciting!
The procedure for permits is very well detailed and seems to be able to be done without much fuss which is good.
What i wanted to know if since you have all the timings down so accurately do u maintain a written log/journal of all the times for arrival/departure and if so is this during or at the end of the day of the drive. Also for the fuel figures and timings is there an app you follow. Looking forward to many more such beautiful travelogues of your adventures.
Vinit

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by vinitbhavi

What i wanted to know if since you have all the timings down so accurately do u maintain a written log/journal of all the times for arrival/departure and if so is this during or at the end of the day of the drive. Also for the fuel figures and timings is there an app you follow. Looking forward to many more such beautiful travelogues of your adventures.

Thanks Vinit.

We had tried few apps for logging time and recording route details earlier. Those more mostly free apps available for Android. However, nowadays we follow old fashion approach.

We have a log book where my wife note down all the details like the amount paid for restaurant bills, fuel bills, odo reading and time (from infotainment unit) at each stop or any major city crossing.

This helps in future trip planning and also in splitting the bills between friends who join for any trip.

[vinitbhavi]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Thanks Vinit.

We had tried few apps for logging time and recording route details earlier. Those more mostly free apps available for Android. However, nowadays we follow old fashion approach.

We have a log book where my wife note down all the details like the amount paid for restaurant bills, fuel bills, odo reading and time (from infotainment unit) at each stop or any major city crossing.

This helps in future trip planning and also in splitting the bills between friends who join for any trip.

hii thanks that makes sense. However since im travelling with wife and mom who both will be busy at times with twins can you refer the app you're talking about at least the best of the lot. As a last resort i will have to maintain logs myself while driving .
Thanks

[profcalculux]

Thats a fantastic one. Quite informative. Thanks indeed.

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

21- Jan - 2017

We start from hotel at 10:30 AM, our first stop is for breakfast at Vital Kamat. The place is bit difficult to make out, since the hotel is located below a flyover. However, we like the food, its 12:00 PM when we start from the restaurant after breakfast.
Location

We were noticing that tyre pressure was bit low in another tyre, it had come down to 27psi from 32psi usually I maintain. Hence decided to check at fuel bunk nearby and confirm. Made sure that that there is a pressure difference in one tyre, hence decide to fill it up again and also put the spare tyre on.


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Contacted SDP for information about tyre repair guys in Mumbai, with an idea to fix the puncture on reaching Mumbai. It was 01:30 PM by the time we started towards Mumbai after changing tyre.

Vasai bridge was tough to cross due to bridge work, it takes around half hour to cross the bridge and reach Mumbai. It was around 03:00 PM when we crossed over to Mumbai.

Our destination was CR2 mall at Nariman point, this was suggested by few XUV owners in Mumbai for parking the car if going to Gateway of India or other places around Nariman point.

CR2 Mall location

We take sealink en-route

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We reach CR2 mall at 04:30 PM, there is a BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) parking lot on upper levels of the mall. However, we saw few other parking lots free along the road to Gateway of India.

We soon head to Leopold cafe



Leopold Cafe

Location

After a long week of vegetarian dishes, it was time for some chicken, beef and some aerated drinks (for the passengers )

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Once done we walk to Gateway of India.



Gateway of India

The place was crowded as usual, after a brief photo session we head back to the parking.

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We start from parking at 08:25 PM towards Pune where we had booked room for night.

There is moderate traffic till we reach expressway. Ginger Pune is next to highway and we reach there at 11:15 PM. It takes around one hour for check-in procedures, thanks to AC not working in earlier allotted room.

Ginger Pune Location