Blogs from Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia - page 2

Well this will be my last blog for India. Although I may have not written much, the experience has been a lifetime worth of stories. I was going to start this off by bad mouthing everything. Oh, I was so angry. I wanted the time to run fast, to get out of this sh!thole. I finally understood what people mean when they said "every minute you'll be wanting to leave". For me it never was like that, until probably the return from a Camel Safari. And I'll just quickly add here that men were never deisgned for Camels, horses, or donkeys. After a 3 day Safari on a Camel I was walking like a cowboy and my groin felt like it was bleeding. If noone has ever read about India or been, then I think it ... read more

url=https://plus.google.com/photos/115609549730102758242/albums/5737114052412719777?authkey=CLvzyofZuu_mowEhttps://plus.google.com/photos/115609549730102758242/albums/5737114052412719777?authkey=CLvzyofZuu_mowE... read more

KHAJURAHO, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA. Monday 2 April, 2012. After a good nights sleep in the Taj Hotel we were collected by yet another guide at 8.00 am. Our destination today was the resplendent Hindu temples of Khajuraho. These have been immaculately restored after almost a millennium of neglect and abandonment and are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These temples are famed for the delicate sensuality, forthright eroticism, and everyday detail of the sculptures that decorate the facades of the temples. They were built between the 10th and 12th centuries AD and have been hailed as the greatest architectural achievement of the Chandella Dynasty. By the 16th century the temples had fallen out of use and were engulfed by the surrounding jungle, until the British 'rediscovered' them in 1838. Although it appears to be fairly accessible ... read more

Geo: 24.85, 79.9333Am Morgen scheint es Janette besser zu gehen und somachen wir uns auf zum Fruehstueck und wollen dann zu den Tempeln. Leider gefaellt Netti's Magen die Idee desFruehstuecks nicht und so begibt sie sich direkt nach dem Essen wieder ins Hotel.Shahid, Claudi und ich machen uns also alleine auf denWeg zu den Tempeln. Es ist ein schoenes Gelaende und in regelmaessigenAbstaenden stehen einzelne Tempel herum. Eigentlich ist es schon recht schoenund interessant das alles anzusehen, aber leider sind die Grenzen von Shahid'sToleranz anderen Religionen gegenueber dann doch recht schnell erreicht, alsdie ersten, heftigen Kamasutra Kuenste zu bestaunen sind. So sehen wir uns dieVerzierungen der Tempel eher im Eilverfahren an. Sooo spannend ist es aber auchwirklich nicht. Gruppen-Orgien, Maenner, die es mit Tieren treiben… EntgegenShahid's fester Mei... read more

Khajuraho is famous for its temples, which are about 1,000 years old. They are widely publicised as having erotic sculptures. It was Christmas so we had booked into a nice hotel, The Ramada, which was a bit out of town away from all the noise and just what we wanted. We had a walk around a local market, which was definitely not a tourist market and we found how nice all the people were there. No mobiles with cameras on this market and so the kids were really pleased to have their photo taken, all with smiling faces, which lit up when they saw themselves on the camera screen. They have nothing, but how happy they are. Khajuraho is a pleasant little village, and that is all it is, it’s the temples we have come to ... read more