Bharuch

On Saturday morning a couple of us arrived at this funky hotel in the city of Bharuch and awaited a friend of a friend of a friend to come by and pick us up. She arrived at 11 am and there began two days of adventure! Shirin first asked us each about our research interests and set about to find related information for each of us. We toured around and saw a Mosque built in 1030, several beautiful old Parsi houses, we met tons of interesting people, visited a farm on the Narmada river, met with a Parsi priest and saw a fire temple and a tower of silence. We saw fisherpeople communities and swimming water buffaloes. We ate Parsi food and visited museums and libraries. Every minute of it was fascinating. This Thursday night a friend and I are off to Udaipur, which everyone tells me is a lovely lovely place.