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Junagadh was also an awesome surprise! I never expected such an amazing range of historic forts and buildings. 
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The amazing Mahabat Maqbara - tomb of  Nawab Mahabat Khan
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A local staring curiously at two weird people
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The amazing tomb Wazir Bahar ud din Bhar. What a building - ornate minarets with curving staircases. And kids are playing cricket in front of it! 
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Me and Delzad climbed up those narrow staircases to take in the overhead views of the maqbara
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YES! I STILL FIT ON THIS NARROW STAIRCASE! AND IT HASN'T BROKEN!
​(though it was a task to turn around, I must admit...)
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Then we moved to the ancient Uparkot fort
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Relics of a naval battle that laid the foundation of colonial rule in Asia - the Diu battle between the Portuguese and the local Asian combine. 
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The impressive battlements and structures inside the fort
The ornate gathering hall
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No, it's not a Hindu priest...it's a firang tourist...
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No...it's not a foul monster...it's only Delzad...
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The holy Girnar mountain - sacred to three religions
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Bawa at work - taking client calls! 
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A really deep step well - the Adi Kadi vav
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The government has really scraped off all the trees and bushes off the walls - but the water is still a dirty cesspool. And tourists have thrown plastic bottles and trash into it. Hope they clean the water as well some day. 
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This stepwell is a geologists paradise...see the layers of the rocks exposed here
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Workers scraping off the plant matter off the walls of the canyon
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Imagine climbing down and up all these steps every day to get your water! 
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Get your photo taken...with a most lifelike tiger! Or an elephant. Or a super scenic background! 
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