Oct. 4, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Cows, dogs, camels of all sizes are everywhere in the streets,
even in city center.
Oct. 4, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Shops are literally open.
Oct. 4, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Western Union in Ahmedabad. Thanks to Ladina Maier from GKB ind
Davos, and our home support crew consisting of Alice Perren we
where able to fill the cash gap that Iranian denial of credit
cards have thorn into our valets at this Western Union Store in
downtown Ahmedabad. Highly qualified clerks handed us our money
in no time -- incredible India.
Oct. 4, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Street scene. Boy on his way from school rides
in the back of his dad's cycle.
Oct. 4, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Western Union Store. The wifes of the clerks in their
traditional clothes. Highly interested in having a chat.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
The colorful welcome in a incredibly lively city. Full of sensory
impressions. Very friendly, and enormous helpful people every
where.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Colors do not only apply on clothes.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya. Mahatma Gandhi's house where he recieved
the visits of all over the world is used as a museum that is very
frequently visited.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Modern Architecture
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Dada Hari Stepwell: The stepwell is a masterpiece in water architecture.
It is situated 17 kms. north of Ahmedabad. The stepwell at the
village of Adalaj is another fine example of this magnificent
architectural form. Adalaj Vav is richly carved, every pillar
and wall surface covered with leaves and flowers, birds and fishes
and friezes of ornamental designs. The five storeyed Octagonal
shaft - wonderful sculptures of a king seated on a stool beneath
a parasol with two bearers, gods, goddesses, dancing maidens,
musicians, birds, animals, leaves one spellbound. From the steps
of the well one can literary fell the presence of the royal ladies
peeping outside the intricalely carved Jharukhas. An ideal retreat
from the scorching heat in summers.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
Fully loaded muscle transports
Oct. 3, 2005 - Ahmedabad
High speed merchandise delivery
Oct. 3, 2005 - Zahedan - Ahmedabad
A small town close to Ahmdabad.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Zahedan - Ahmedabad
Karachi, endless buildings almost until the horizon.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Zahedan - Ahmedabad
Incredible India, small villages everywhere, farmland, little
ponds and many trees give an early impression on the fruitfulness
of that subcontinent.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Zahedan - Ahmedabad
Towards India the vegetation begins again.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Zahedan - Ahmedabad
The harbor of Karachi Pakistan.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Flight Zahedan - Ahmedabad
Beautiful geology studies of the Central Makran Range. Closing
to the ocean.
Oct. 3, 2005 - Flight Zahedan - Ahmedabad
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No we are not tree-top-flying,
what looks like an acre is the next mountain range Makran
Coast Range.
| We leave the Sandy
Desert over the Siahan Range.
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Soon after take off
we fly into Pakistan airspace. First we overfly the Dasht-i-Tahlab
valley with the foothills of the Küh-e Gamsidzahi.
| Over the Sandy Desert we approach
the Arabian Sea.
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Oct. 3, 2005 - Flight Zahedan - Ahmedabad
Early daylight falls over the Kacheh- Küh mountain range onto
a market in Zahedan as we are flying out towards south-east. Pakistan
and India lie in front of us.
