Blogs from Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, India, Asia - page 3
India - Going North - Hampi, Ajanta, Ellora... Mystical Caves & Boulder Dash Landscapes!!!
Published: January 16th 2007Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves
January 7th 2007
So i left the sandy beaches behind for the sacred sights of inland India, luckily the sun decided to follow!!!!... My trip would take me from Goa inland to Hampi which was my first of many 12 hour overnight journeys during next few days!!! Where i stayed for 2 nights and 3 days, done lots of walking lots of temples and spent lots of time watching the locals and just reading by the river... Then another 12 hours to Pune (poona) where i just got of had brekkie and hopped back on an Eight hour bus and headed for Jalgoan. Found my best little hotel in India so far there, even had Cable TV!!!! and the town was a bustling little place with great street markets... From here i visited the Ajanta Caves then headed to ... read more
Going back in time - UNESCO world heritage site
Published: December 5th 2006Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves
November 23rd 2006
This time I managed to make the early start and joined a British couple, Helen & Darren - who were to become my cave companions. We set off on a local bus to the T-junction venturing further and further into the bush. The landscape really reminded me of Malawi, clear blue sky, scrubland by the side of the road, forested areas and barren hillsides. Arriving at our destination literally in the middle of no-where, where two road crossed by a rather shabby hotel, we set of to find our way to the first entrance and Euro bus, the sun beating down and as my rucksack dug into my shoulders. Successfully, we arrived at the base of the escarpement. I'd seen a photo of the caves, carved into a almost vertical cliff edge of an interlocking spur, ... read more
October 1st 2006
This is a place we missed to put out there but this was an amazeing place ancient temples that had been carved out of rock.the photos say it all .... read more
