Friday, August 31, 2012

The ride from Shirdi to Ahmedabad

The ride from Shirdi to Ahmedabad

With the evening aarti accomplished it was time to head towards Ahmedabad. i was lucky enough to get a bus run by shrinath travels as soon as i stepped outside. From Shirdi the departure was at 7.30 in the evening, nashik coming at 9.30, dhule at 10.30. The halt for meals was at Sakhri at 11.35. This was followed by another halt probably at karzana at shree shiv shakti hotel for tea at 5.40 in the morning. It was vijay singh who was dishing out tea for commuters. And here one can find slew of dogs tied to poles with an intent to secure the surroundings.

Vadodara came at 6 amidst impression of a city that has petit library and students reporting to school as early as 6.30. Broad roads and big gardens dot the landscape. Nadiad came at 7.30 (madhav bagh in nadiad). Few kms away the declaration comes: "you are on national expressway 1". At 7.50 another hoarding said: "welcome to ahmedabad district". Go past mesho river at 7.52 and the bus is in paldi at 8.10. From paldi took a local bus to lal darwaza.

Before reaching the city on the left side a road direction showed Udaipur to be 254 and Delhi 919 km.


Impressions of Ahmedabad

The stay in the city was of one night and two days, coming amidst visits to Gopi food outlet, star pan centre for STD and a cyber cafe on relief road. The lal darwaza and roundabout seem to suggest a commotion that one associates with old areas and this place has a different beat. Here one can find ample display of fruits including apples and a bargaining that can be to your satisfaction. Hail the city and hail the affection.

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