Heat, monsoon and the road to Porbandar
Seasonal notes for a Somnath taxi to Porbandar: 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. Porbandar is the calm halt between Somnath and Dwarka: Kirti Mandir, Sudama Mandir and a long beach.
On a Porbandar day of about 125 km, leave the margin in the morning, not at the toll plaza in the afternoon. It works as its own day, or as an hour on the Dwarka morning.
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.