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Originally Posted by happy.tripathy Great travelogue Jay !!! I am eagerly waiting for the part when you reach the "Rann of Kutch". The Rann is on my 'to go' list since many years, I am hoping to do it in this or the next year. |
Thanks. hope you make the trip. Its a memorable experience. Quote:
Originally Posted by sen2009 Hey Jay,
As much as I appreciate your words, I have to say that the motivator is rather you and not me. Had it not been your's and ADC's spiti loop, I wouldn't even know about those places.
And, now the Gujrat Coast!
Being the narrow minded snob bong I am, I wrote off Gujrat coast just by visiting Daman. It's through your story that I am discovering that there indeed is clear blue sea, which I till now believed to exit only on the east coast. Dont write off anything in India. There is magic everywhere, if you can see it... and hidden treasures in the most obscure of places.. even in Bombay itself. Ofcourse, the flavours are different.
And, what I especially like is your style of approaching things differently, in a way that heart desires. Take the Chakada for example. I appreciate the touch of detail and the inclination of looking at what's beautiful rather than what is known as beautiful. Thanks for the appreciation.
Keep going.. I am waiting for you at Mandvi. I hope your not staying at that shady hotel that we put up in. You might just get kidnapped and sold as a slave to some sheik as a freebie for the dhow he just bought.
PS :- I have not exactly forgiven you for not writting about your fantastic journey to see the breeding of Olive Ridley turtles and as a an act of retribution, I may not return your tow rope. | You can keep the tow rope, I hope you never have to use it though. Quote:
Originally Posted by sudev Sorry for OT looking forward to the rest of the journey. Driving on to lonely far away sandy beaches is full of potential problems and it is best to have two vehicles so that help, if needed, could be arranged. |
Sudev, you are certainly right. But for me, a journey includes all the potential pitfalls included in the process of stretching my luck. As such, the experience and the pleasure of such wanton stupidity is absolutely immense. But most of the time, I know from experience, that things Ive done in the spur of the moment have always turned out with a positive outcome, and as such I have self defined personal limits which allow me to push a little beyond 'perceived possibility'. Quote:
Originally Posted by akbaree Beautiful is all I can say. Thanks very much for sharing. |
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Originally Posted by maddy42 Well gujarat seems to have a beautiful coastline and to say the least the water is clean
Anyone knows why the water in Daman is dirty brown!! Was disgusted and to say the least lots of people were playing in it! |
Maddy, the Daman part of the coastline is a disgrace in comparison to the rest of the GJ coastline. Even the sand in Daman is almost black, and we rather not waste out time wondering why, when there is so much beauty elsewhere to discover. Quote:
Originally Posted by Digitonsam Awesome pics mam. I did this coastal route last diwali and had a blast. Did you happen to take dwarka jamnagar route, I hpoe you didn't miss the gigantic RIL refinery its visible from 25 kms away. BTW I also hope you didn't miss the shanker mandir 15kms from bet dwarka. Its 30 mts tall huge statue of god shanker built by late gulshan kumar fo TSeries. |
Yes, we did the Dwarka Jamnagar route(coming up). I have had the fortune of being inside the Jamnagar refinery a long time ago. We did give th Shankar mandir a miss. Quote:
Originally Posted by mayurpalav Jay & Jatin,
Good to see the travelogue and the pictures.
Simply amazing.
Next time, when Jatin is down we'll have him cook Maggi for us.
Cheers
MP |
MP. Jatin only cooks maggi if you can take him on a 3k+kms drive in a Safari. Until that time you would be better off buying him a McD burger yourself. Quote:
Originally Posted by Urban_Nomad Awesome pics coupled with fantastic narration. Thanks for sharing Jay.
About the cannon with the 7 km range ....... I would not bet my money on what the guide says. I remember a guide giving us details of the famous "Jaiwaan cannon" in Jaipur. He said that the cannon was fired only once for testing (that I can believe). But then he also took us to the side of the fort to show us "which area was the cannon fired at". Me and my family went "WOOOOOOOOOOO, kitta cool". Later we had dinner with some of dad's friends who were Jaipur locals. They said the damn thing (cannonball?) landed god knows where. That guide did not know his elbow from his behind. |
All guides interpret history differently and add their own opinions to it. The love to exaggerate and must be taken at face value unless your guide is PART of that history... even then your guide will exxagerate. Quote:
Originally Posted by keyurshah Just before dozing out for the day, I thought of checking the site for some interesting travelog. But you disappointed me Jay.
Its 1.30 in night and I have been patiently reading the log and enjoying what you have pasted. The excitement is all building and what I find at the end - you have still not reached the "Rann"
Its gonna be a very long night for me for sure. I did click refresh twice after reaching the end, in hope of remote chance that you have uploaded a new post and pictures. :(
Well, don't tadpavofy us more and drive lil fast.
Excellent one Sir. Now, I have something to plan out for a break in early June. Lets see how it goes.
Over to you sir, please go ahead and enthrall all of us. We await. |
Thanks for your patience Keyur and glad u liked what you saw & read. Will post sometime today.
Cheers,
Jay
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