monkeyrat in gujarat

heres some funny, and interesting things we have seen and experienced here:

in ahmedabad we:

• donated our blanket which we bought to keep warm in the himalayas to a lovely family that adopted us
• read and later visited a wildlife sanctuary in the desert, advertised in the leaflet as a "wide ass" (wild ass) sanctuary
• went to a catting saloon - where i shared chai with the barber in a saucer
• fed bananas to raja the elephant, not something you do every day in england
• fi also having to improvise as cricket fielder during an evening stroll round the city, whilst i got my hand autographed by a boy
• were driven out of town to the desert by a very nice bus driver with the most amazing sticky out eair hair, about 2-3 inches long per hair
  
  gujrati world records:
• worlds longest continuos chant, jamagarh temple chanting since 1964!
• longest dosa - lentil based pancake - 7.5 metres, restaurant in ahmedabad
• 10,000 stone steps to temple in junagadh - takes some beating!
• has to be the friendliest people in india