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Kutch

The White Desert 🤍

Day 1

We travelled to Kutch by train. We took Kutch Express train which started at 5:45pm from Bandra Terminus

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Day 2

Car

We got down at Gandhidham at 7 am and took a local sharing cab that dropped us at our friend's village at Bidada. Enroute the village we stopped for breakfast and had authentic gujarati food Jabeli Fafda. The journey was 3 hours long.

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Homestay

We stayed at our friend's house for 2 days

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Sight Seeing

We visited the famous palace Vijay Vilas Palace. It is the same palace where many famous movies like Hum dil de chuke sanam, Lagaan and Commando were shot.

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Next, we went to Mandvi beach which was nearby the palace. The beach had various activities to do like camel ride and water sports. Mandvi market is the best place for shopping Kutchi bandhani. Do try famous street food Dabeli at Mandvi.

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Next, we want to Rann - The white desert which was the highlight of the trip. We witnessed one of the most beautiful sunset here. We went till the end point on a camel cart. This should be the must visit place on your bucket list.

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Day 3

On day 2, we visited temples only by car. The distance was 109km that is 3 hours long. We left early morning after breakfast as we had to catch the train in the evening

This place is the closest to the India-Pakistan border

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Later, we headed to Hajipir Dargah. It is believed that anything you offer here shouldn't be taken back home and must be distributed to the people sitting outside the dargah

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Train

After visiting all the places, we then headed to Bhuj to catch our train to Mumbai. We took Kutch Express which started at 8:15pm and we reached Mumbai next day in the morning.

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