Rajkot was both and adventure and a failure. I arrived around midnight and soon met Sadiq and his 2 friends who owned a rickshaw. They told me how every night they hang out and drive around town, sometimes pick people up. They were too friendly and dropped me off at every hotel in town, only to get the same answer each time: "house full". It was fun though, I discovered the town that way, and we had to dodge the cops because the driver had no license. In the end, they left me the poshest hotel in town, which had a 24 hour restaurant, and I chilled there till about 4am, getting some dodgy vibes. I left not really knowing where to go, and was greeted by a pack of dogs barking and some cows mooing, so I flipped and caught a rickshaw to the station! The station was a colourful sea of people sleeping on the ground, much more welcoming.
I quickly headed off to Jamnagar, which was pretty uneventful, and so was Bhuj, both nice places. The latter was partially destoryed by an earthquake in 2001, and the damages are still visible. I also went down to Mandvi, where they build ships for other gulf countries.
Here's a confusing itinerary of my trip so far, for the curious.
At the moment I'm in Mt Abu, a chill little town on a mountain. Jaisalmer next!
It's hard to keep up with where you're going... the little map helps though! So how expensive was the poshest hotel in town? Like £5?!!
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