Busy Saturday

Planned for a quiet day yet it turned out full.

Of course I had idli and sambar for breakfast.

Started at Aga Khan Palace and Gandhi National Memorial.

I had the entire place to myself until a large group of children arrived. It was nice to see them.

Next stop Shaniwar Wada, a fortresslike palace in the old part of the city.

Door has daunting foot long spikes to dissuade elephants from ramming it with their forehead.

I walked the perimeter wall.

The construction has many design differences from European forts.

Tuk has been asking for some street scenes.

Here is another one from the wall.

Kit asked to see the car. It is the middle one. The driver is waiting for me.

A nice old cannon.

Then to the Tribal Crafts Museum. Tuk and Misun would enjoy the ceramics.

I like the simple drawings on fabric.

Nice collection of masks.

And a few replica tribal homes.

Jewelry was quite nice yet heavy.

I think Kit would like the metal figures. They are cast using the lost-wax method.

Stopped by this store so the driver could get a little kick back on the knick knacks I bought.

Had lunch at the Blue Nile restaurant.

I ordered a spicy vegetable curry with nan.

Then the driver suggested we go 24 km out of town to another fort, but he got lost. We drove past rice farms using animal labor.

Then the driver found his way again and we drove up the mountain to see the old Sinhagad fort.

Plenty of Indian tourists with just me as a foreigner.

So I made some new friends.