Kutch Calling 2

28th January 2006 to 29th January 2006

After Kutch Calling ( Jan 05 ), Kutch Reloaded ( Feb 05 ) another 60kph ride to the Little Rann of Kutch though only as a weekend ride, approx distance covered 515 Kms.

The little Rann of Kutch, a place where the sky is an equisite shade of blue, where if you stand still you can feel the silence of 5500 sq kms of emptiness, where at night, sleeping on the hard caked soil, you can see the stars so clearly and so bright that a normal city dweller could never even imagine..!!!

Started Solo from Ahmedabad, met up with Gaurav & Anuj a.k.a Rocky a.k.a Rocksy a.k.a Rocksy Baaaiby ;-) at the border of the Rann. The Rann of Kutch is in 2 parts - Greater Rann and Little Rann. Greater Rann is 8,500 sq km and Little Rann is 5,500 sq km. The Little Rann is roughly between Amdavad and Gandhidham and the route followed for this ride was via Dhrangadhra - Halvad - Tikar - Little Rann - Kuda Village - Varnu and back. The Rann is actually a sea-bed that is dried up. In monsoons, most parts of the Rann get filled with sea water. In the summer, the water receeds, the soil hardens and thus bikes can travel through it.

the Sun just about getting up and waking the Rann DSCN2281-1.jpg	this is actually just a couple of seconds before the sun came out in all its glory DSCN2282-1.jpg	Early morning Sunrise.. Welcome to Kutch DSCN2283-1.jpg	lovely... DSCN2284-1.jpg
Our Camp ;-) DSCN2287-1.jpg	another shot of the camp site DSCN2288-1.jpg	DSCN2290-1.jpg	that day, MY WASHBASIN was 5500 Sq Kms wide....!!!!! DSCN2292-1.jpg
Gaurav & Rocky going for morning "walk" DSCN2302-1.jpg	they had to go for quite a long "walk" as we had some local guests at the campsite (notice the water bottles ;-)) ) DSCN2303-1.jpg	The early morning guests, they were actually wondering as to what these 3 crazies were doing in the middle of the rann DSCN2304-1.jpg	Just packed up our camp site DSCN2311-1.jpg