{"id":8028,"date":"2026-02-09T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/?p=8028"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:18:10","slug":"ahmedabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/2026\/02\/09\/ahmedabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmedabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INDIA 26: GUJARAT. Stage 1<\/p>\n<p>Like last year my preferred way of travel was via Germany with Lufthansa, so a mere 19 hours from Porto, I was in downtown Ahmedabad at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hotelgoodnight.co.in\/\">Hotel Good Night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczODAlw4xI-it7rx7AgNzTMvLWFYO29u9VZxqGlFqF2f9a3mpE4AR3bL3-mej275GTZErz2LpfRvgQnAAsdgD8if4Cch9f1NmDiXOsl5jU6EFcOkhCsn=w2400?source=screenshot.guru\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczODAlw4xI-it7rx7AgNzTMvLWFYO29u9VZxqGlFqF2f9a3mpE4AR3bL3-mej275GTZErz2LpfRvgQnAAsdgD8if4Cch9f1NmDiXOsl5jU6EFcOkhCsn=w750\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frankfurt Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczM1xMf1pu3VnBxnVBcZHQwqUnrOopuyiEttyb42Z2chhU8SaTu9Az21tMbZPD3W2pP2zEfKAvyJ5OLkVddfCBfjXgmV6otwBRfSd8WmmHc3hvDlNO-K=w2400?source=screenshot.guru\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczM1xMf1pu3VnBxnVBcZHQwqUnrOopuyiEttyb42Z2chhU8SaTu9Az21tMbZPD3W2pP2zEfKAvyJ5OLkVddfCBfjXgmV6otwBRfSd8WmmHc3hvDlNO-K=w750\" alt=\"Hotel Good Night\" width=\"750\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel Good Night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the first thing I did was make a little video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Intro to Ahmedabad\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J18FVeWCb7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As it was my first day I thought I&#8217;d take it easy and just have a stroll around the old town which is entered through the arches of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teen_Darwaza\">Teen Darwaza<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNLvqOe79K0P0t1S5TUkL8UoedG-3775qkZrHDJiBweS9TsXVEzm_5wfptlZtG2JipatED26kyAO29CZ40OXHmdksyqSFdHYIiKtf_bR18k7KPZZKVv=w2400?source=screenshot.guru\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNLvqOe79K0P0t1S5TUkL8UoedG-3775qkZrHDJiBweS9TsXVEzm_5wfptlZtG2JipatED26kyAO29CZ40OXHmdksyqSFdHYIiKtf_bR18k7KPZZKVv=w750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wandered down to <a href=\"https:\/\/ahmedabadtourism.in\/rani-sipri-s-mosque-ahmedabad\">Rani Sipri&#8217;s mosque\u00a0<\/a> It was commissioned by Queen Sipri the wife of Sultan Mahmud Begada in 1514. It<\/p>\n<p>was a Friday, so there was a sermon but it was fairly quiet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczOY4pIVtktY7W5b3Yi0tZE4hliuYCXXakW4euyGhO2rgREQOo5FQM6-rF7XHD5YdM9-eBBjJYfKEzQp6a8gGcZkWU0tdYB2pET9rskeKmRGIoBdyLxZ=w2400?source=screenshot.guru\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczOY4pIVtktY7W5b3Yi0tZE4hliuYCXXakW4euyGhO2rgREQOo5FQM6-rF7XHD5YdM9-eBBjJYfKEzQp6a8gGcZkWU0tdYB2pET9rskeKmRGIoBdyLxZ=w750\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNADoDwYjPlR-lhpfGawAkDnn_fqQnSfjbiF3ba2LrI58hzI4r-ibdXpG9CQ4drsPlEfKinalZK0s11grFnJBasDh7d0KJvUIGDKX2YEGEQFjUuDqS_=w2400?source=screenshot.guru\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNADoDwYjPlR-lhpfGawAkDnn_fqQnSfjbiF3ba2LrI58hzI4r-ibdXpG9CQ4drsPlEfKinalZK0s11grFnJBasDh7d0KJvUIGDKX2YEGEQFjUuDqS_=h750\" alt=\"The tomb of Queen Sipri\" width=\"565\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tomb of Queen Sipri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then on the way back to the hotel I happened to pass the fish market. As it was the early afternoon it was all closed up but still quite a smell and also nearby was a very unpleasant meat market both of which proved irresistible to a huge number of rather large and threatening red kites.<\/p>\n<p>Then onto the fish market:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"outside fish market Ahmedabad\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ErdfGpZG-4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNGv0O4uVWjPUunoBPUbvY7OLuxDcO365lY-_SjDLnhlR04jgfYsrykhInSyrtHkU4Ap3VRHDv9BGKEJpcP3YPQHF6TeajP2WnyYBzg3uoeTdL5UT2_=w2400?source=screenshot.guru\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNGv0O4uVWjPUunoBPUbvY7OLuxDcO365lY-_SjDLnhlR04jgfYsrykhInSyrtHkU4Ap3VRHDv9BGKEJpcP3YPQHF6TeajP2WnyYBzg3uoeTdL5UT2_=h750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had already decided to go veggie on this trip and this episode underscored my decision. In actual fact Gujaratis are mainly veggie anyway so it wasn&#8217;t a problem. My first meal of many would be a veggie thali from the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/ih49gaBrNsqD6oCh6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nishat Restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNEra_T2O2i5XkqELQmIcOMkQefPV88_VP3ZiBCwWITZ-J3E0HqpdLVq3s6vMaL68mMJ5m9b2O6mhYmZY8Zz3TsMjQ_8aGmegfQkJA1EarJXZ6_3IWvpgwUaO9qhLS1srzPvF7IGvRwverRuTEGLlkyOg=w1227-h924-s-no-gm?authuser=0 \"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNEra_T2O2i5XkqELQmIcOMkQefPV88_VP3ZiBCwWITZ-J3E0HqpdLVq3s6vMaL68mMJ5m9b2O6mhYmZY8Zz3TsMjQ_8aGmegfQkJA1EarJXZ6_3IWvpgwUaO9qhLS1srzPvF7IGvRwverRuTEGLlkyOg=w750 \" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nUse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labnol.org\/embed\/google\/photos\">this great tool<\/a> to embed google photos directly into your websites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIA 26: GUJARAT. Stage 1 Like last year my preferred way of travel was via Germany with Lufthansa, so a mere 19 hours from Porto, I was in downtown Ahmedabad at the Hotel Good Night. And the first thing I did was make a little video: As it was my first day I thought I&#8217;d take it easy and just have a stroll around the old town which is entered through the arches of the Teen Darwaza I wandered down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/2026\/02\/09\/ahmedabad\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8028"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8028\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}