Christmas Day. Khajuraho Happy Christmas everyone. Khajuraho is a major, major draw on the tourist and travellers trail as it has some of the finest ancient temple freizes in all of India. It's world famous however for the explicit sexual depictions on much of the carving. This is a journal not a history lesson but no one really knows why the tenth century Chandella temples developed such a fascination with erotic imagery but in the 21st century it attracts thousands of tourists both western and Indian. With such a concentration of tourists it is inevitable that a whole culture will evolve who's sole purpose is to extract the tourist dollar. Khajuraho is stuffed full of hotels and lodges, competition is fierce and good deals can be had. The visitor has a huge choice of restaurants but
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