It's a little embarrassing to admit how thrilled I was to check into the Sheraton last night. How wonderful it felt to take a long steamy shower, to slide into a soft bed. We have been staying in nice places, interesting places and I have no complaints. Compared to the albergues on the Camino, it's all been luxury. Admittedly that's not setting the bar very high but still. Everything here at the Sheraton is clean, neat and unremarkable. Maybe it's the plain unchallengingness that is such a relief from the hyperstimulating environments we've been in.
On the long bus ride back to Ahmedabad from the coast, our bus developed a mechanical issue and we spent several hours at a truck stop before flagging down a private Indian bus for the final hour's drive where we were deposited at a local bus station. In order to get to the Sheraton we piled by threes into tuk tuks, three wheeler scooters made into open air buggies. Tuk tuks zoom amidst the cars, busses, bicycles, dogs, and pedestrians honking incessantly and coming within inches (or centimeters if you want to be metric about it) of them. It is unnerving and like all the passenger experiences here, you're much better off practicing detachment. They say to drive in India you need 3 things: a good horn, good brakes, and good luck.
We are headed to the airport to fly to Jaipur for the final leg of our tour. Lots of textiles ahead!
On the long bus ride back to Ahmedabad from the coast, our bus developed a mechanical issue and we spent several hours at a truck stop before flagging down a private Indian bus for the final hour's drive where we were deposited at a local bus station. In order to get to the Sheraton we piled by threes into tuk tuks, three wheeler scooters made into open air buggies. Tuk tuks zoom amidst the cars, busses, bicycles, dogs, and pedestrians honking incessantly and coming within inches (or centimeters if you want to be metric about it) of them. It is unnerving and like all the passenger experiences here, you're much better off practicing detachment. They say to drive in India you need 3 things: a good horn, good brakes, and good luck.
We are headed to the airport to fly to Jaipur for the final leg of our tour. Lots of textiles ahead!