Blogs from Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia - page 3

*Warning: Images may be considered NSFW.* Another early arrival. We dropped our bags at a little spot recommended by the very nice Keralan couple at Ayur Arogyam, a fabulous - but pricey - ayurvedic massage place recommended by everyone. The hotel was only a spot to rest our heads and not particularly recommended, although staff were helpful. We stayed only for the day. Another train out late this evening to Varanasi. The temples for which Khajuraho is famous for are breathtaking, and it's even more amazing to think that many of them originally arose from a lake, now long gone. Most of the 85 temples - 25 of which now remain - were built between 950 to 1050 CE and remained in use for quite a while afterwards. Khajaraho's isolation helped preserve the temples from the ... read more

Waking on the train feeling a little worse for wear, we headed toward the exit and in search of a rickshaw. We were offered a free lift to a reasonably priced hotel, so we all 5 of us piled into the car along with the driver and his friend. Once on our way and being played some 'light' music by the smooth operator, we were taken to a hotel way out of town to 'just have a look' - refusing we then made our way to hotel Shanti Lodge where we ate breakfast and freshened up for the day. Once ready the four of us headed in a rickshaw to visit the great waterfalls, whilst John opted to ride a rustic old pedal bike the 40km return journey! Chris was also delighted when given the drivers ... read more

Here are a few more photos from Khajuraho...... read more

DAY 23 31st January 2011 Awtarsing was there on the dot of 08.30 as he had promised and he picked up rep from the office and drove us to the train station ( avoiding the tractor going around the roundabout the wrong way!!) where we thanked him for the last 13 days driving and said our fond farewells!! The Rep from the office has to make sure that we get on the train ok.....so he duly takes us onto platform 1 and then we wait for the Delhi train which is 20 minutes late due to the fog! Chris decided to have his shoes polished by one of the numerous shoe polishers on the platform, whilst we were waiting - 50 rupees put a smile on the shiners face for the day, its usually only 20 ... read more

18 jours seulement avant notre cours de yoga dans le sud de l'Inde, nous quittons Bodhgaya en plein coeur de la nuit en direction de Varanasi. Après une courte investigation, nous apprenons que notre train a, au bas mot, 5 heures de retard. Impossible d'attendre tout ce temps, nous manquerions à coups sûr notre connexion à Varanasi. Nous déchiffrons donc rapidement, ce que tente de nous dire le préposé à la billeterie de la station, et sautons dans un autre train en direction de Mughal Sarai une jonction ferroviaire qui se situe à l'entrée de l'Uttar Pradesh (45 minutes de Varanasi en autorickshaw). Somme toute, nous arrivons à temps pour notre train du soir et avons même le temps de déguster quelques curry indiens savoureux avant le départ. Une douzaine d'heures plus tard, nous traversons enfin ... read more