Heat, monsoon and the road to Kutch
Seasonal notes for a Somnath taxi to Kutch: summer starts, monsoon slack, and winter pilgrimage weeks.
Saurashtra changes the same road. Summer wants an early wheel. Monsoon wants slack for a slow truck. Winter pilgrimage weeks fill the Somnath hotels and the lane outside them. Kutch is the far edge of a Somnath booking: Bhuj, the white Rann and Mandvi need nights, not a single sitting.
On a Kutch day of about 450 km, leave the margin in the morning, not at the toll plaza in the afternoon. The Innova or a group vehicle is the comfortable tool for hour six.
An AC cab is the whole fleet, which matters from April onward. In the rains, do not stack a safari, a fort and an aarti into one unbroken hope.
Tell the desk the month, not only the date. A January Dwarka week and a July coastal week are not the same conversation.