Daulatabad Fort Aurangabad

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So Mumbai the city of Bollywood is even more manic then the rest of India. Always having to watch out for the crazy rickshaw drivers and motorbikes weaving in and out - however i do enjoy the buzz of the …

Welcome to Araungabad. Welcome to the Dustbowl. It feels very similar to Mumbai just smaller, less hectic & for some reason a lot more dusty. We came to Araungabad primarily to see the caves here. Something that I would definately advice if you get the opportunity they definately do not disappoint. However that was not the only thing we got to …

We began our journey to the south of India by flying to see the Ellora and Ajanta caves. These "caves" were entirely carved out of the mountains using chisels, creating enormous caves and temples with very elaborate sculptures inside. Originally they began to be built during the time when Buddhism was the local state religion, but later new temples …

Sa nu har jag sovit 3 natter i Aurangabad. Jag akte hit for att se de gamla grottorna som finns runtomkring staden Aurangabad, Ellora och Ajanta.

Jag anlande till Jalgaon och tog en vanlig lokalbuss till Ajanta grottorna, ca 55 km bort. En valdigt intressant resa! Vagen var sa dalig sa jag hoppade sakert 1 meter upp i luften pga en bula i …

An insanely long trip here... we arrived in Ahmedabad and hated it so intensly that despite having just spent 6 hours on a bus, we got the next bus out. This was the 16 hour sleeper bus to Aurangabad!Needless to say the first day was spent relaxing in the hotel!

Aurangabad is famous for its Caves and for good reason, they are spectacular. …

... photos of the restoration work being funded by a Japanese bank. The next historical monument to visit was a bus ride away. Daulatabad Fort was built on a hill top around the late 14th century originally known as Devagiri, the Hill of the Gods. ...

... gig for himself in the meantime. Our new driver's name is Bharat and he whisks us out of town to our first stop, the Daulatabad Fort. Back in the 9th century it was regarded as the second most impenetrable fort in India after the Amber Fort in Rajasthan. ...

... was scorching and the salesmen more annoying than the sun. But the caves were worth putting up with both. After this I went to the Daulatabad Fort, which was built in 1187 by a Hindu King. Supposedly there were 650 steps but I must have missed a good bit ...

... for us outside the airport. (they charged us 1250 Rs for the day =$30). We hit the 3 main attractions in Aurangabad, The Ellora caves, The Daulatabad Fort and the Bibi-Ka-Maqbara (the fake Taj Mahal). The ride up to the cave was excellent -- it was ...

... to the Ajanta caves. We had worked out a deal that the van would take us to the Ajunta caves on Saturday, to the Ellora caves, Daulatabad Fort and Bibi-ka-maqbara on Sunday, and then to the airport Sunday evening. It was a pretty good setup as we had 10 ...

... to it. There were two major tours to be done ...one was to AJANTA caves which was about 107km from Aurangabad and the other was to Daulatabad fort, Ellora and some nearby places. We had the friday afternoon to ourselves so we planned for a local ...

... go on the Monday, which was fine. Johannes didn't join us because he was so exhausted from previous days, so he went to Daulatabad fort instead. The Lonar meteorite crater is about 170Km away from Aurangabad, so ewe kinda had to hire a car. The car cost ...

... , everything is carved from the solid rock face. When we were all caved out we left and headed to the Daulatabad fort which was on the way back to Aurangabad. This fort, although not as visually impressive as the previous ones we have seen was the most ...

... work was required to get a sensible price for a tuktuk to our next destination and im still sure we paid to much. The Daulatabad fort really was yet another hidden gem. A 5km long battlement surrounds the 12th century fort. Its fame rose greatly in 1328 ...

... and Jain scenes. They took hours to get around them all, and the sheer size was just incredible. Bibi also took us to Daulatabad fort, which was also a cool place to explore. You walk through all the different layers of defences as you walk up to the ...