Vibrant Gujarat Navratri Celebration

Arpita and I were going to go see this presentation at 7:30 but we got there and must have had the wrong address! So we were near Law Garden and decided to eat at the place called Swati Snacks. We decided to go on the the Vibrant Gujarat Navratri celebration then; it was in the big empty fairgrounds near Helmet char rasta across from where we lived here before, and it was huge! When we first go there it wasn’t very crowded, so we went and saw a display sent up by the Gujarat Tourism department with all the pictures from places all over the state. There were all these big huge models of like the hill stations in Gujarat with water falls and things. They also had all these booths set up selling handicrafts of Gujarat. I found these cool threadwork earrings like Arpita had, so bought a pair for me and Carly. They also had some cool little enamel boxes, so I bought one for a gift for someone.

Arpita had been there a few days before and had some chocolate cake, and so wanted to get another piece. I had some sugar free ice cream that wasn’t so great. After that it started to get crowded. We made our way over to the dancing area which was enourmous, maybe a few football fields. Some people had started dancing; we didn’t stay too long after that because it was so crowded, and I was feeling uncomfortable with that many people around. Even trying to get out of there in a rickshaw took forever to get down the road because there was so much traffic!