Blogs from Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia - page 5

La India es conocida tanto por lo espiritual como por el maravillo arte del Kamasutra. Aprovechando que estábamos en esta tierra, decidimos tomar igualmente un curso que nos enseñara sus posturas y beneficios para aplicarlos a nuestra vida impermanente. Por temor a que los olores, debajo de los saris y trapos de los profesores, fueran a acabar con todo nuestro apetito sexual, las clases desafortunadamente no fueron tan prácticas como nos hubieran gustado y tuvimos que contentarnos con un curso tan solo teórico. Concretamente un curso iconográfico. Kamasutra no es necesariamente un contenido sexual obsceno como muchos se imaginan. Para sorpresa nuestra, Kamasutra es un código de conducta sexual que te ayuda a controlar tus sentidos y alcanzar el éxito. Tanto que puede ser utilizado igualmente como un camino hacia la iluminación, lo cual por experiencia ... read more

After our visits to the southern and eastern temples, our newly acquired 12 yr old tour guide asked if we would like to see the village, where "real people" live. Of course, I wanted to see it, but I also wasn't in the mood to play walking ATM. Our guide assured us that the locals in the old village (vs the new one where our hotel is) relied on farming and not tourism, so we wouldn't be bothered. So we agreed. Besides, we had over an hour left in our 4 hours of tuk tuk service. We set out, deciding we would take no photos. This was mostly due to the fact that we didn't want to have to pay anyone for taking their picture by accident or for photographing their cow, etc. Also, I personally ... read more

Resumen de las actividades del día: Aeropuerto de Khajuraho para tomar el vuelo con destino a Varanai. Cancelación del vuelo y viaje a Varanasi en coche Aviso importante: El relato de este día no describirá ninguna de las muchas atracciones turísticas que hay en la India, simplemente porque no fue un día de excursiones. Pero, tal como lo expresé desde un principio, este sería el diario de mi viaje, de las cosas que me han sucedido… no sería una descripción de los paisajes turísticos, que para eso ya hay mucho escrito y los interesados pueden encontrar información a raudales en Internet. Sin embargo para mí, éste fue un día de vivencias importantes, y quizás, por todo lo sucedido, sea uno de los días que no podré olvidar. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Desayunamos en nuestro hotel, Harmony. Teníamos vuelo con ... read more

Khajuraho is famous for its temples. Have you heard of the kamasutra ? Will the temples here are basically a kamasutra in stone :) numerous carving depict daily live as well as erotic sexual positions. Most tourists walk around looking for the most explicit ones (and so did I). By the way, I bought the original version of the kamasutra text and I did not really enjoy reading it. There is really not much to learn about sex in it. It's more a description of how men and women were courting each other 2000 years ago, making strange nail and teeth marks on each other :) There is a few chapters on how men should seduce women (in a very very old fashioned way) and how women should react when being courted (is that even English ... read more

Why does food poisoning always strike just before a long journey?! I was in Gwalior, it was 6.30am, most of the night had been spent running to the squat toilet and I lay pondering the answer to that question whilst trying to decide if there was any way I´d make the bus to Khajuraho. I´d been told it would take 7 hours to get there (allowing for this being India I was guessing maybe 9) along bad roads and whilst the thought of a long bumpy bus trip wasn't particularly appealing I´d seen everything I wanted to and was keen to move on. And so, stuffed with drugs and praying that 7 hours was right (in the end it was nearer 11), I finally hauled myself onto the bus, much to the entertainment of the driver, ... read more