Temple hopping and looking at the Karma Sutra in Khujaraho, a small village between Varanasi and Agra. I got a great deal on accomodation and we lived it up with a pool and a bed turn down service. Carolyn said "are we at the right place?"
The temples are world heritage listed and a ticket in to the walled and manicured gardens means you're not hounded by touts at every turn. The buildings have been well preserved and the intricate carvings of highly erotic scenes are not for the faint at heart. The Guide Book talked of a carving with a man and horse having relations!!!! Of course I hunted high and low until i found it, just before we left.
On Friday, the hotel staff suprised me with a birthday cake and let us stay in the room until 5pm at no extra charge. We caught a taxi to the local train station for the overnight train to Agra. We had to change at Mohaba and wait for an hour. The train station was grotty to say the least and and we were stared at like we were a freak show in a circus. A group of men stood less than a few metres from us, just staring. We met Mike from Seatlle who had a five hour wait on his own, so glad it wasn't us. Hope you survived it Mike and made it to Varanasi.
We arrived in Agra at 2.30 am and waited until 5.00 am to catch the sunrise at the Taj Mahal. It is breath-taking and just as amazing as we were expecting. The sky was clear and made for some great photos. We meandered around for three hours, had some breakfast on a roof top terrace overlooking the Taj and then headed off to the Red Fort. Another amazing feat of architecture with beautiful marble inlay work and intricate Moghul carvings and designs. A further taxi ride to the other side of the river and we saw the Baby Taj, it isn't really, as it slightly predates the Taj but is another amazing building and again the Moghul designs and marble inlay are incredible.
We are not staying in Agra, catching another evening train tonight onto Delhi for three days before heading to Nepal on Tuesday.
The temples are world heritage listed and a ticket in to the walled and manicured gardens means you're not hounded by touts at every turn. The buildings have been well preserved and the intricate carvings of highly erotic scenes are not for the faint at heart. The Guide Book talked of a carving with a man and horse having relations!!!! Of course I hunted high and low until i found it, just before we left.
On Friday, the hotel staff suprised me with a birthday cake and let us stay in the room until 5pm at no extra charge. We caught a taxi to the local train station for the overnight train to Agra. We had to change at Mohaba and wait for an hour. The train station was grotty to say the least and and we were stared at like we were a freak show in a circus. A group of men stood less than a few metres from us, just staring. We met Mike from Seatlle who had a five hour wait on his own, so glad it wasn't us. Hope you survived it Mike and made it to Varanasi.
We arrived in Agra at 2.30 am and waited until 5.00 am to catch the sunrise at the Taj Mahal. It is breath-taking and just as amazing as we were expecting. The sky was clear and made for some great photos. We meandered around for three hours, had some breakfast on a roof top terrace overlooking the Taj and then headed off to the Red Fort. Another amazing feat of architecture with beautiful marble inlay work and intricate Moghul carvings and designs. A further taxi ride to the other side of the river and we saw the Baby Taj, it isn't really, as it slightly predates the Taj but is another amazing building and again the Moghul designs and marble inlay are incredible.
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