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March 11th 2008

Published: March 26th 2008

So after the highs of Varanasi we did it again - we went on a pointless journey to perhaps the most rotten town in all of India - Bhopal. Bhopal is a "supposedly" beautiful town set around 2 lakes where the wealthy Indians come out to play in their speedboats. Either we badly misinterpreted our guide book, or the town has dramatically changed since the authors visited there last. What we found w... Read Full Entry

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All the waiters wanted to be our friends

Ellora Caves

they might look the same to you guys from the photos, but these were WAY more impresive than Ajanta

Inside Ellora caves

Where's Soph?

I wanted to get a photo of Soph in front of the temple but these guys thought they were better looking.

..and so did these two...

in case you can't see Soph yet - she's the little speck on the balcony

Great security

Metal detectors that you can just walk straight around.

The main Hindu cave temple - pretty huge!

This took 150 years to carve out of the rock

part of the main cave-temple

off-roading it

in the distance is the road we were actually meant to be on - who knows how we ended up on the top of the caves???

Elise is the naturally outdoorsy type

A friendly Indian kindly pointed out the size discrepancy

Yeah... so what's wrong with this?

Sadhu in Nasik

back to somewhere with more culture than Bhopal

Something doesn't look right...

Does it look to you like this cow has an extra leg growing from it's neck??? If so - I want one too!

Women at a funeral

These women were all waiting for the ashes of their loved one to be pecked at by a crow - it signified that the soul of the dead person was being released.

Large crowds bathing at the Ghats

Praying to Ganesh the elephant god

Playing in the water is just as holy as bathing in it

This guy thought these might be good as implants for Soph!

I hope the aim is straight!

That guy seems to trust that Soph won't accidentally hit him..... his eye is recovering slowly, they say he will regain about 50% vision.

What?! A winery in India??!

27th March 2008

Kate Guggs
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winner!
I declare the winner of the find the face game.....Sophie! Sorry Elise, can't see what he F--k you are talking about! xox

27th March 2008

elisesoph
Elise & Soph

Aren't you supposed to be an ART teacher??? You of all people should be able to see it!! x x (Elise)

28th April 2008

louisa
non-member comment

I saw it!
I can see the face! Creative vision must be in our genes. :-)

29th April 2008

elisesoph
Elise & Soph

We family do have rather a lot of kulcha don't we??

28th July 2008

Admin
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We are really sorry
We are very sorry for what you suffered in Bhopal,there are much helping and cooperative peoples here,

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