Blogs from Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia - page 8

...à Vârânasî (Bénarès)... on part pour Khajurâho. Il est 11H25PM. 20 avril … L’attente est interminable à la gare. Le train a déjà deux heures de retard. Étendu par terre, on se retient pour ne pas s’endormir sur nos sacs enflés, poussiéreux et sentant l’urine. ‘’It’s the indian way’’ nous dit un jeune touriste japonais lisant de droite à gauche un manuel indéchiffrable. Mais qu’est-ce qui peut bien causer ce retard? Le train a éventrée une vache? Une bombe a éventré le train? Remarquez que depuis notre arrivée en Inde, des terroristes ont fait péter des trains à Delhi, Mumbai et Kalakatta… Bon. Je vous l’avoue, le train m’inquiète un peu ici. Pour ma part, je préfère les pénibles longueurs des autocars. Mais on n’a pas toujours le choix du transport… Le train arrive enfin. Il ... read more

After a train ride and long bus ride past miles of wheat fields, houses with roofs made of cowdung patties, and difficult, semi-paved roads that seemed to be constantly under construction and blocked by cows, we arrived late yesterday afternoon in the small town of Khajuraho, which I think has about 35,000 people. Religion is deeply entwined in every-day life in India, and in Khajuraho, we experienced a few more morsels from the religious smorgasboard that one encounters in India. Our first sight in Khajuraho was a religious procession of about 30 people dressed in white chanting, ringing bells, and carrying a huge picture of a naked Jain monk. The Jains are ascetics, and I learned there are two groups of Jain monks. One group of monks, the Digambaras (literally "sky clad" or naked) carry ... read more

Hello people apologies for the lack of posts, i have set up another blog (!!!) completely unaware of this and put wo entries in there, check it out, if you can search for marlow in the bloggers section, on thi site and it should come up, apologies for the confusion, i shall use this blog from now on. I have arrived at my second project phase in Rewa. We dont start the work until tuesday and so have a few days of cultural orientation. This place is very different, its much greener and we are staying inside the remains of an old fort. We arrived yesterday and chilled for the most part and played some cricket with the locals and they were bloody good, using proper balls with no pads and bowling damn quick. A big ... read more

We arrived in Khajurahao Friday night and saw a Sound and Light show at the temples there. The first show is in English for us (cost 300 rupees) and the second show for Hindus (50 rupees). It was both cheesy and sweet. A pile of rocks is lit and pronounces forth that he is the MASTER BUILDER of the temples built some thousand years ago. Using sound and light, the story of the temples is produced -- the wars, the builders, the effort, the history -- all in this tale. We had dinner in the dark at a restaurant across the road -- the power went out shortly after we ordered. One candle sufficed -- we were hungry and ready for whatever was served up. Saturday morning we rose at dawn (what is it with India ... read more

RELAX TRA I TEMPLI Un passato ormai lontano... I turisti non sanno dove son stati, i viaggiatori non sanno dove stanno andando. Paul Theroux E così il mio viaggio riprende,.. rimettersi in moto non è facile, ma so che con il tempo gli ingranaggi, ora un po' arrugginiti da questa speldida parentesi, si torneranno ad oliare da soli.. Per cui via! Si riparte! La prima destinazione è di semplice decisione: ricordo che il buon vecchio Roman, durante il nostro soggiorno a Varanasi, me ne aveva parlato come di un posto dove poter rifrancare lo spirito e godersi un po' di pace.. esattamente quello che sto cercando, quindi prendo il mio bel treno notturno, e me ne vado alla volta di Jhansi, la città dalla quale raggiungere la mia meta finale. Dopo l'esperienza di Ahmedabad, quando lisciammo ... read more