After spending the majority of my time in India on the roads north of Delhi I sort of imagined that most roads would be like those...but no! We travelled on the east/west corridor and it was amazing... a good smooth dual carriageway with no pot holes and very little traffic. It was rather monotonous though as it was virtually straight and the scenery was mainly very dry, scrubby plains. I don't think that I have ever been on such a long, straight road or seen quite as much flat country. I guess you pay for it though as we went through several toll booths.
There was a short cut that we took in the early stages which was much more interesting. I think it's the first time I have ever seen so many camels on the road at once.
Another first for me was seeing cotton growing... Quite a lot produced in Gujarat. I believe.
It appears that in Gujarat they speak a different language that Tarun isn't familiar with, so breakfast was interesting. We wondered why they presented us with 4 glasses of water but then it clicked when we also got 4 plates of food. Seems like Tarun had inadvertantly ordered 4 meals instead of two. Actually we were quite hungry by that stage and ate it all anyway and at less than $4 for it all plus chai I wasn't worried about the cost .
It's now almost 6 pm and there still don't seem to be any other guests so it looks like we have the place to ourselves.
I must admit it was lovely to get in the water after such a long drive in the heat. I can't believe I'm actually paying Tarun to swim and lounge around this place. :-) I want his job!!!
A bit of a rest and then off to visit the temple. This was probably the most beautiful temple I've ever seen, and was made even more spectacular by all the women wandering around in their very colourful clothes. We sat there for a while watching the sun set and then the lights light up the temple. Now it's time for yet another meal... A different region of India means a different type of food.
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