malarkey goes to India (part II)

Day 3: Surat - Vadodara (and beyond)


greener again after i got past the industry
and i had planned to stay in the historic/student town of Vadodara
that everyone calls Baroda
and the rain was incessant, evidently beyond the drains' ability,
I really wanted to stay downtown
but the cheap-end hotels don't let foreigners stay
WELL DONE Lonely Planet and the rest of you for NOT mentioning this
(it sometimes happens in non-tourist towns; something to do with
police paperwork or bribes, and of course they don't put a sign
outside saying no foreigners ...)
so after 2 hours of trying, i headed back to the highway and eventually,
when the rain slowed a bit
about another 50km up the road,
found the worst fleabag hotel
and of course the boss saw how tired i was and overcharged ridiculously

oh well, one bad day out of 3 isn't too awful

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