Amy & Annie & India

Ahmedabad

After a 22 hour train, we arrived in Ahmedabad and were determined to make the best of it. We only had one day there because we were leaving late that evening, but we went to the Ashram founded by Gandhi, which has been turned into a museum to commemorate his work. It was really astounding to see what he'd achieved and what he believed in. It had such an impact on India. We saw his house there and a prayer garden.

Then we went to a mental Indian flea market which had crowds of people who all stared, pointed and touched us as we wandered through! Obviously not used to white people. It sold everything from beds to car parts, clothes to pots and pans. Not really anything we could take with us, but interesting nonetheless.

We walked round a lake in the centre and went on a pedalo which was surprisingly hard work. We had to work really hard to get back to the jetty before our time ran out! Then we ate great tandoori and caught our train.

posted by Amy & Annie @ 8:02 AM