I found out how the place is called. It is actually a suburb of Surat called Kamrej, or Kamrej Junction to be exact. Still a couple of kilometers to Khulwar. :(<\/p>\n
Had a couple of power outages today. Of course, with phone and laptop being battery powered, I can still use them. However, without electricity, it is too dark in the room to see the keyboard. Oh, the irony.<\/p>\n
Went to the restaurant (which has bigger\/proper windows). Talked with one of the managers. He used to work for UNICEF a couple of years ago and was in Bhuj<\/a> back in 2001 after the region was struck by an earthquake<\/a>. Bhuj is one of the places I want to go to. He said that for safety reasons, I should avoid cycling at night when I’m past (i.e. west of) Vadodara. Traveling during the day should be fine, though. He also told me about an archaeological excavation site, Dholavira<\/a>, where the remains of a city of the Indus Valley Civilization have been found. It is located on an island in the Rann of Kachchh<\/a>. Cycling the Rann is supposedly safe, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I found out how the place is called. It is actually a suburb of Surat called Kamrej, or Kamrej Junction to be exact. Still a couple of kilometers to Khulwar. :( Had a couple of power outages today. Of course, … Continue reading