Heading south again
After an overnight stop in Punjab we got on the train ready for the journey south, 1348km by train to the state of gujarat.
The station was close to the Pakistani border, and the train at one point came through a border town. Loads of tanks and soilders, but no border camels!
After not knowing what was going to happen we suddenly had every kind of person come through the carriage:
The station was close to the Pakistani border, and the train at one point came through a border town. Loads of tanks and soilders, but no border camels!
After not knowing what was going to happen we suddenly had every kind of person come through the carriage:
- Hunch-backs
- acrobats
- lady-boys
- soliders
- chai wallas
- fruit sellers
- shoe shine
- keyring sellers
- bad tat sellers
- and that was just inside the train!
After 29 hours we passed through the bread basket of India, Punjab. Also the wonderful desert of Rajasthan, which was now colourful in spring time and we only knew we were in Gujarat by looking at the car registrations (GJ)
By the last hour of the train journey we were ready for firm land and we looked like chimney sweeps - very dusty! Ahmedabad is a hot but fun city, friendly, busy and great for sorting out broken cameras and eating ice-cream - yum!
Jim and Fi
posted by Fi and Jim @ 8:06 am
1 Comments:
At March 23, 2005 12:15 am,
Anonymous said…
I have a horrible feeling that you don't have that much longer left travelling...?? It has been so nice to follow your adventure – it has almost felt like getting to know you, Fi, and getting to know a whole new you, Jim! I am not sure what I will do when it all stops, there are no more updates and I need to escape for 5 minutes from the corporate bullsh*t of Deutsche bank???!! Keep blogging ‘til the end and cherish every moment!!
Love Nina x
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