10 Year Itch

This morning, Dhanraj (owner & host of Desert Coursers) arranged a car to drive us to Modhera and Patan for Rs.800, which was quite reasonable. The driver was instructed to take us to the famed Sun temple at Modhera and then to Patan’s Rani-ki-Vav (Queen’s stepwell). Dhanraj also mentioned that he personally knew the family that is famous throughout India for their hand-woven Patola saris; the driver was instructed to take us there as well for a visit. So we left Zainabad knowing that we had had a very special time there and that we would be back someday soon.

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The Adalaj Wav Step Well, built in 1499, is located 18 kilometers north of Ahmedabad in the Gandhinagar district.

Main Entrance

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Hotel Volga was listed in LP as a budget hotel with clean rooms in the center of old Ahmedabad. And that was absolutely true! It’s located right off the chaotic and ever busy Relief road, which is in the heart of the old city. Finding it was a little tricky as it’s tucked within a side alley. We noticed that this area is popular with foreign tourists as most of the budget hotels, listed in LP, are here.

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Yesterday morning we took a Volvo bus to Ahmedabad (locally known as Amdavad) from Vadodara. It dropped us off somewhere on the western end of the city at around 12:30pm. From there we took an auto-rickshaw to Hotel Volga, which was one of 3 hotels that we had short-listed based on their review in LP. All 3 hotels are in Central Ahmedabad, which is on the eastern bank of Sabarmati River that runs thru the center of the city. The auto ride cost us Rs.60. En route we noticed that the western parts of the city were modern, well laid out, with major shopping centers and lesser crowds. The eastern side, on the other hand, seemed to be the older part and much more crowded. And our hotel was right in the center of it all .

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Sabarmati Ashram (also known as Gandhi Ashram, Harijan Ashram, or Satyagraha Ashram) is located in the Ahmedabad suburb of Sabarmati on the bank of River Sabarmati. This was one of the residences of Gandhiji.

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Heritage Walk of Ahmedabad

Phone: 079-5391811 (Ext 509)
Schedule: Everyday, 7:45 AM

The walk starts from the Swami Narayan temple, which was the first SN temple to be built.

Swami Narayan temple

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