Daman Ganga Valley Resort Silvassa

... to Dahanu in four
hours!!

Once
we reached Dahanu the first thing that struck us was the friendliness
of the Auto rickshaw wallahs. We hired an auto and asked him to take us
to the beach. While on the way my friend asked about getting booze near
the beach to which the auto came to a screeching halt as a response.
With great difficulty the driver turned around, because two of my
friends were ...

July 1st to 9th, 2009

Second working visit to rural tribal communities to complete collection of research for study. Visited three districts of Navsari, Valsad and the Dangs and countless small communities and villages. Completed about 50 questionnaires of women, health care workers, teachers and dairy workers. Monsoon rains made collection of data extra challenging.

... other small hotels are near the noisy bus stand. The former MTDC Sunset Resort at Sunset Point is presently non functional, but should re open any day soon. If you can, book the Circuit House located next to the new Palace - the rooms are tired but the surroundings are beautiful, being right next to the orchards of the new palace overlooking a valley. You will have to organise your food from Hotel Gurukripa in the town !! [They ...

... be used in other parts of India. Afterwards, Frank and I palled around with our new artist friend Panchal - a 70 year young man who makes "scrap art." He is self-taught and produces vibrant works the incorporate litter (believe me, this is an unending resource in these parts). Clearly, his works are inspired by this industrial town. He is looking for sponsors so that he can come make ann show his art in our area - all he needs is a bed and a 10 by 10 space to create in!

... once) before we depart for the Rotary conference in Daman, and from there back home. In the meantime, what Vapi apparently has in store for us is more vocational days. I attended a press conference with the general manager of a local news station. We interviewed the executive magistrate, more or less a mayoral position, and I felt strangely at home, until the cameras and microphones were turned on us. Since Dr. Volk and I had already conducted an ...

Buddhist Bihara type Caves in Ellora are concidered to be the oldest among all. Their construction dated back much earlier than Kailash and other Hindu Temple caves in Ellora. Though from artistic point of view they are not so refined like Kailash, but they are unique in their own way.

... an ideal place to laze around. Stretching from Dahanu to Bordi, this 17 km of landscape is just the place where you want to be in order to escape from the world or work and worry.Dahanu is ...

... shattered after our trip so we found the Marina hotel and at 585rs (11euros) for a double delux air conditioned room with sattelite tv we found a gem. theres very little of note in the town although there are 2 forts from the portugese time although one is now a school and the other is basically a big wall around a new town. We spent some time here but mostly we planned our next days travel north.

Well, after nearly 4 weeks in Mumbai, with a weekend to Murud, we will (fingers crossed) get on the Road this St. Patricks day. Enda has his Bike a few days a '91 Royal Enfield 350cc in a tasty silver colour. I have Just purchased my bike a 1968 Royal Enfield 350 in a classic little black no. We will get pics on asap, they really are sweet Bikes. At 4:40am (took 10 mins to start the bikes) under ...

... the camera without success, so sorry folks no pixs just mow! Poor ol' Govind was waiting all that time for me but he said that he didn't mind and was happy to. We then headed off for lunch and it wasn't till I ordered my lunch that I found out the Govind was fasting, not just for today. not just for the week, but for the whole month. Man did I feel guilty eating my lunch. A bit more of a look around the city and ...