Met a nice English couple who were also going to Ahmedabad. They wanted to catch the nightbus to Diu, an Island south of the state Gujarat. I actually planned to go to Palitana to see a hill of 1000 temples but changed my mind as I can do this on my way out as well.
The bus left Udaipur one hour late and we arrived in the dull city Ahmedabad at about 3pm. We headed to a travel agency immediatly to book us on a sleeper to Diu (a bus with beds). Unfortunately, they told us that the sleeper was full and that the ordinary nightbus is fully booked as well. We should try at another bus station.
We took a rickshaw the three of us (which was very, very, very tight) to get us there. Somehow, all roads were closed due to a huge Muslim festival. We had to try 3 bridges until we got there. And luckily, we got 3 seats at the 10:30pm service.
The Muslim festival was in full bloom when we headed off to a restaurant. They had repliquas of mosques and were drumming loudly. Everyone was a musician for a day, it just had to be noisy anyway! The English girl was quite afraid of the masses and had the impression that the atmosphere was loaded with violence and danger (I didn't feel quite like her).
At about 9:30pm we where a group of travellers already and they packed us into a sleeper! I was very surprised and overwhelmed as I got a double bed to myself. But just for 10min then they chased us off the bus and we had to wait for our proper service, which finally headed off at 11pm. Good night! (Well, I slept like a baby anyway).