Hotel Satlaj

We are over at Shop No 1 in the Gayatri Chamber. It’s on Sumul Dairy Road in Surat. The Ayurvedic Hospital is right nearby, so that’s usually how people find us when they are looking. It’s a busy area with a lot of traffic and people going to the hospital or over to the dairy. We’ve been operating Hotel Satlaj from this spot for a bit now. It’s a small place, really. We don't have those huge lobbies like the big hotels in the city. It’s just a straightforward shopfront and the rooms we manage upstairs. We spend our mornings getting things ready for whoever might come in. Sometimes it’s relatives of people staying at the hospital. Other times it's folks in Surat for a bit of business. The Sumul Dairy Road is always moving, so there is always something to look at out the front window. We aren't trying to be anything fancy. It’s just a local spot where you can get a room. We do our own maintenance and try to keep things tidy for the guests. It’s a bit cramped in Gayatri Chamber sometimes, but we make it work for us. Most people who stay here like that it's close to the main road and the hospital. We just keep our heads down and do the daily work. It’s a simple life running a place like this in Surat. We've been here long enough that the noise doesn't even bother us anymore.