Aurangabad

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Sorry for the delay in posting......didn't realize how unreliable the internet would be here! Anyway....Aurangabad. This was our first stop mostly as a base to explore Ellora & Ajanta caves. Aurangabad itself was a very strange mix of urban and rural.....mass traffic jams caused by people, dogs, goats and cows. People on cell phones digging through garbage. very strange.



Our first day we spent hanging around town adjusting to the thick Indian air (filled with spices, incense, sweat, and, of course, pollution) went to the Bibi Ka Makbara, also reffered to as "the poor man's Taj" or "mini Taj" it was very beautiful and never having seen the real Taj Mahal, it could have fooled us. We also met some very nice college students who were happy to talk with us for a bit. After meeting them and getting a lengthy and enthusiastic tutorial on cricket by our waiter at breakfast, we felt very welcomed to India.



probably be too soon to speak, but no dheli belly yet!!

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