Namaste!

To continue with the photo journal....

A small part of the Harrapan site at Lothal.

The Harrapan dockyard.


I now bring you to Palitana.

We have only seen this mode of transport in Gujarat so far, they are Enfield motorbike carts, they are a very strange hybrid.


Horse and cart.


We reached the base of the hill upon which sits the 800 Jain temples (sorry no photos). K ate her bananas and we were surrounded by onlookers, there was not much dialogue between us!


K fed this cow her banana skins. It was a very happy cow and K earned some good karma :-)


A rear perspective :-)


We thought that this advertising was something to related to the giant dam project in Gujarat, we have seen this everywhere in Gujarat including on the back of buses. We were quite amused by our misinterpretation when we found out that it is advertising paint :-)


A street in Palitana


Palitana is a major Jain pilgrimage site.



There are many Jain temples here besides the 800 or so upon the hill!


We left Palitana and headed for Alang, we saw more Jain temples en route.


Next Alang... :-)

Despite the fact that we could not make it into the ship breaking yard we were still quite excited to see the items for sale that lined the road leading to the port. We saw the shipbreaking yard from a distance but photography was not allowed.


You could buy rope, gaffer tape and various sprays... Remember this has all been recovered from the ships, it is amazing to see.


Need some fabric?


Shopping for furniture?


Fancy a tank?


How about a giant radiator?


You can buy parts for use as scrap metal, it is weighed on giant scales.


One of our favorites, a giant crankshaft :-)


Need a big chain for your dog, then come here :-)


There be floats...


...and there be boats, ahoy me hearties.


Lifesuits.


Sinks.


..and finally giant rope.


The list is endless and goes on and on and...

In Alang town I spotted this beautiful wooden swinging crib, how cute.


As we left Alang town we were met with heavy oncoming traffic - other shoppers who had come to peruse the delights on sale from the shipbreakers yard :-)


I am surprised that we do not see this sign on every stretch of road in India.


To contrast with the INDUSTRIAL ZONE, along the road we also encountered the agricultural zone which stretched from west of Ahmedabad to Palitana :-) It makes me feel much better to see this contrast in landscape.

Wheat.

Onion


Sorting the red onions in the field.


Herbs.


A scarecrow that we saw going for a walk in the fields :-)


Travelling home from the fields.


There was a lot of cacti lining the road and the fields.


We saw more cows marked with pink.


Cotton is big buisness around here.


Well there are worse things that I can think of crashing a car into.


A road side bird.


...Oh, did I mention the smelting plants for all of that scrap metal from Alang?


We did not take many pictures in Bhavnagar but there was one particular traffic circle (or roundabout as it is known in the UK) that was the height of activity.

There are many statues in the middle of traffic circles in India. Here is an example of one (sorry we do not know who the model was)


When you have looked at the statue you can read the ads. We giggled becuase we could not work out how you would read the small print even on this giant billboard.


To finish our photo journal - more cows and they rule. At this traffic circle there was a cow or two at each intersection.