Rann of Kutch over a weekend
Rann of Kutch is a large area of salty marshes spread across Northern Gujarat and Southern Pakistan. Our plan was to use Friday, February 7 and the weekend to do a quick trip there. I liked this dog, with the flopping ears, waiting for the leftovers after we have breakfast at the street hawker in Bhuj! The street hawker was making Poha (which in Gujarat is syrupy sweet, just like all other food). Bhuj is the closest city to the Rann of Kutch. We reached Bhuj at 6:30 am in the morning. Bhuj suffered from a devastating earthquake (7.7 Richter) which killed 167,000 people in 2001. Mandi also has a ship-building yard where several Western cruise ships get made and exported. This area is the Mandvi beach. We went there at around 11 am in the morning, and it was deserted except for a few stragglers on the beach. Vijay Vilas Palace was the place where the Maharaja of Bhuj had his summer residence. It has been converted into a musuem where you can s...