Saputara Family Trip - Driving thru the monsoons...

26th June 2005 to 29th June 2005

It was supposed to be a family get away... but turned out to be a semi adventure... we'd just gotten the new car and decided to go to Shirdi via Saputara... however the rain gods also decided to be generous to Gujarat starting the day we started our trip... these are some of the pics of the trip... Ahmedabad - Saputara - Shirdi - Saputara - Ahmedabad... most of the pics are from the Dangs region only as wanted to capture the beginning of the rains in this region... at many places, the rivers had started flowing over the bridges and pretty soon they were closed for traffic... luckily we made it over and back to Ahmedabad just before all hell or rather the heavens broke loose over the region...

On way to saputara... Dscn1828.jpg	the landscape was absolutely fantastic... Dscn1829.jpg	just reached saputara... Dscn1831.jpg	view from my room from the "log hut"... the forest dept's guest house... it's a two storey guest house, the base is made from concrete and the top 2 floor are made totally of wood... absolutely amazing place to stay... Dscn1832.jpg
another angle of the window.. Dscn1833.jpg	it was water water everywhere... Dscn1834.jpg	Dscn1835.jpg	the front of the log hut... Dscn1836.jpg
on way back from Saputara, there were small falls like this on the road all the way... Dscn1837.jpg	Dscn1838.jpg	this is one of the first shots of the filled up Ambica river that flows thru Dangs Dscn1840.jpg	when we had gone to saputara, there was hardly any water... in just 2 days, the river was flowing from bank to bank... Dscn1842.jpg