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January 22nd 2006

Published: April 8th 2006

It’s lovely being met at the airport. I am in India mainly for study, and the training centre has sent a driver to meet me at the airport. I’m taken straight to the centre where I pay them their fees. They also hand me some train tickets to Rajasthan. I have two weeks before I actually start studying and had asked them if they could book these for me. I dumped the things I’ll not need for ... Read Full Entry

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Udaipur

Amazing party trick!

The Road to Kumbalgarh

Kumbalgarh

Dramatic fort!

Kumbalgarh

Ranakpur

Amazing Jain temple!

Ranakpur

1442 (a divisor of 72) individually carved pillars.

Ranakpur

This is supposed to show scenes from the Karma Sutra, but I don't know what the animals are for...

Ranakpur

Adinath's mother rides an elephant.

Ranakpur

Mature tree growing inside the temple.

Rajasthan Marble

It's very plentiful! Even the cheaper hotels have marble floors.

Innovative Indian Toilet

It's both a sit-down and a squat.

Ajmer

Weird Jain models in Soniji-ki-Nashiya hall. Commemorates the life of Adinath. Made of 1000kg of gold. Note the flying things.

Ajmer

Koranic calligraphy.

16th April 2007

Anna
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the wonders of indian toilets...
Hmmm... I'm all for squat toilets.. got pretty used to them when I lived in India, but that thing? Fancy squatting on something you had to climb onto!!!

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