Vyara

Vyara, Jan 7, 2012.

46 km

I really must learn som Hindi! I have been so many times to India and still only speak less than a dozen words. It is really embarrassing and such a shame. I need to find a place where I feel comfortable to stay for at least a forthnight mostly for the sake of learning Hindi but still not a useless place to be in general.

At last a quite short day! I had Pooha and chai for breakfast by the bus station and hit the road by nine. This place Vyara is in Gujurat. When I first rode in to town I thought it did not look like much at all. Very barren and few people around. But when I came on the main street it looked quite the opposite. Parts of town is very modern looking while other parts are quite desolate.

I found this little guest house with a name in Hindi only, as has been the case several times lately. I have their best room for 500 Rs. Hope there is not a mosque nearby to wake me up too early.

After a quick shower I was out for lunch at a modern looking fast food place. I shared a table with a small Indian family, a little girl of about three or four and her parents. That girl was absolutely beautiful and I was pondering to ask if I could take her picture but then never did. Many Indian children have gorgeous faces with very large eyes.