Day 13 - a final day in Gujarat

This morning we went back to the Ghandi ashram to share prayer time with manav shadna and to be formally welcomed by them. It was lovely. They placed a bindi on each of our foreheads and pinned a "compassion doll" to each of us. The dolls were another project of Manav Shadna - they paid women in the flood effected area of northern india (floods last year) to make them so that they had some income. We then shared our thoughts on our experience with them. 

We then went back to bholu 11 to spend some more time with the kids - interacting more closely with them. It was so lovely to have that time with them. We had them colouring and drawing and they were so excited and proud of their work. They are all so beautiful I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to meet them.

We caught a Rickshaw back to the ashram - my first rickshaw trip!

We relaxed for the afternoon with a walk through the markets - at one point we went off track and ended up in the meat market!! Just a word of warning don't  do that if you don't have a strong stomach. Goats heads everwhere and the stench was incredible. I stopped and got  ripped off by a lady stamping my arms in what i thought was henna but which is now so faded it has to be ink. A policeman came along and scolded her for charging us so much as we are "their guests".

We then headed to Ahmedabad train station for our overnight train in second class to Delhi.