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After a beauteous roadworthy travel to Odisha (Odisha Encore | A Double Expedition), I was reasoning wherever to spell for the adjacent vacation. Gujarat was connected my caput and I ever wanted to sojourn the Rann brackish plains and thrust connected the "Road to Heaven". Upon researching a bit, recovered retired that Gujarat has a batch to offer, from wildlife, to humanities temples, with a bully shoreline to brackish plains, from handicrafts to places of past civilisation, Gujarat had a batch to offer. So the program was made, leaves applied, bookings were done, and we acceptable disconnected connected the greeting of 9th Nov 2023.
With our 2 kids anxious to research and our bags packed with snacks, water, curiosity and excitement, we deed the road. This was not going to beryllium an mean roadworthy trip, this was a premix of drive, ferry ride, ropeway ride, jungle safaris and galore more. The thought was to dive into Gujarat?s heritage, bask its section culture, enactment offbeat and illustration its celebrated cuisine. This travel wasn?t conscionable astir reaching caller destinations, but astir creating unforgettable memories arsenic a family, 1 km astatine a time.
The elaborate itinerary is disposable successful this Google Sheet
Day1: Drive from Mumbai to Hazira. Then instrumentality the ferry from Hazira to Ghogha booked via DG Sea Connect. We took the day 4pm ferry. The logic for taking the ferry was, it would prevention 3-4 hrs of drive, I'd beryllium relaxed arsenic I drove little this day, the ferry was a caller acquisition for the kids too.
Car loaded connected the ferry:
We had opted for concern people seats connected the ferry which costed Rs 1k per person. The car was charged Rs 1.5k for the trip. The ferry compartment was air-conditioned and adjacent had a tiny pantry which served snacks. They besides allowed radical to spell up the platform and bask the sunset with immoderate Gujarati euphony 
Perfect commencement to the travel !
After reaching Ghogha port, astir 9pm, we were disembarked rapidly aft which we drove to our enactment for the nighttime astatine a practice spot the Nilambagh Palace astatine Bhavnagar.
The edifice is located successful a immense spot and has a ample crushed surrounding it consisting of lawns and a swimming pool. The ambiance was surreal and peaceful with peacocks roaming freely successful the lawns.
Got immoderate beauteous pictures with the palace successful the background:
Day2: Today's program was to thrust via Alang and enactment astatine nighttime astatine Diu. As portion of this trip, we would beryllium visiting Gir and Devalia National Parks wherever efforts are connected to conserve quality and sphere wildlife. On the different hand, I wanted my kids to spot archetypal manus however we are damaging our ecology and situation by having the World's largest vessel breaking gait astatine Alang.
Since Diwali was circular the corner, stopped by a roadworthy broadside colourful stall selling crackers.
Ship breaking astatine Alang, ships successful the inheritance being dismantled and demolished.
The show astatine Alang is depressing arsenic good arsenic an oculus opener; the sheer size of immoderate ships being breached is caput boggling. The magnitude of waste, contamination and the workers moving successful those conditions is unpalatable.
The roadworthy starring to Along is dotted with aggregate shops selling everything that is utilized successful ships, from crockery to cooking units, from decorative artifacts to information equipments, the shops are bully to explore. Prices seemed to beryllium connected the higher broadside and they seemed to not bargain much.
Night halt was astatine Diu. The adjacent day, time 3, we went to INS Khukri Memorial.
The INS Khukri Memorial commemorates the courageous sailors of the Indian Navy who mislaid their lives during the Indo-Pak warfare of 1971, erstwhile the INS Khukri was sunk by a Pakistani submarine. The memorial stands arsenic a tribute to the ship?s brave skipper and his crew, showcasing their valor and sacrifice for the nation. There is simply a bully landscaped plot determination and a artillery operated conveyance is disposable (at a price) to instrumentality you from the parking country to the apical of the tiny elevation wherever a replica exemplary of the warship INS Khukri is installed.
