India... Part 2

For the last part of the trip we went to Bhuj. This is where we stayed and had a 3 day field trip around in the state of Kutch. Bhuj is a smaller town and not touristy.

Day 5

We had been working with Dr. Biswas who has done a lot of work in Kutch. We also worked with a geologist named Dr. Tucker from the Kachchh University. The university had a welcome and lecture, then

they hosted a dinner for us back at our hotel.

Day 6

The first day in the field was great. I loved seeing all the things that I had been studying the last year.

The people were so beautiful. So many times we would be in what felt like the middle of nowhere and this beautiful woman would just come walking down the road, with wood or pots on their heads.

In the morning of the first day in the field we hiked our way up to the highest point in Kutch.

The highest point just so happened to be 25 Km from the Pakistan border.

There was a cute little village at the top.

 After lunch we went to the lowest point in Kutch, which is the Bay of Kutch.

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

It was just Rasoul, Sudeep, Dr. Biswas, our driver and I. We were going to see the oldest civilization in India and Asia. It was a long drive but it was one of my favorite parts of the trip.

This little boy was so sweet. We had stopped at a tea shop, Rasoul and I took pictures of him because he liked looking at the pictures on the back of our cameras.

This is Sudeep and I in the little Runn of Kutch. The salt flats felt like home.

For lunch we stopped at a hotel.

This woman is making one of my favorite Indian foods. It's called naan bread.

These are the rooms.

The ancient site at Dholavira

This is one of Dr. Biswas's friends that we just happened upon as we were driving back for the night.

I told you this boy was sweet. He had changed his clothes and dressed up for us coming back through his town.

So I'll end this trip with someone famous. This is Parvin Dabas from Monsoon Wedding. It's a very good movie. Parvin was staying our hotel and left on the same day too. I took this picture in the Bhuj airport.

From Bhuj we flew to Mumbai, then Sudeep and I flew to Delhi then I flew back to the US. The last 2 days, I spent on a plane, or in an airport. It was so much fun and I will never forget this trip. I still can't believe that my bosses took me with them, but I'm so thankful that they did.