I am back in Bombay!!!! Which basically means that this blog is also back :)

This has been a really interesting 20 days. Travelled all over Gujarat first..starting from Ahmedabad and then going on into the most remote regions of the Rann of Kuchchh and even the Indo-Pak border, which was really amazing. In fact, was at the border at something like 8 in the night, and there was not a single other person in sight...cant even begin to describe the feeling!! Base camp was at Bhuj, a city that is still recovering from the impact of the earthquake that demolished it almost three years back. Got some really dramatic pix, and since they were in Transparency format, went and bought a new scanner to see them. You can see most of them in the next issue of India Today Plus.

Also went to Mandvi, where they still build wooden ships by hand. And I mean SHIPS, not just dhows or boats!

This weekend did the Alibaug-Kashid-Murud Janjira stretch. Did you know that the Janjira fort is 900 years old? I guess that makes it one of the oldest forts in the country. Alibaug was not so clean, but the beach at Kashid was really beautiful...totally virgin, with white sand and blue waters, it is as totally different from the Bombay beaches as possible.

Just did not feel like coming back :(