Ambassador Ajanta Hotel Aurangabad

... of the old looms are still in use. The technique is called Himroo. The fabric is woven using cotton, silk and silver threads and can take months to make a special sari. (And cost thousands of dollars) Two older men were sitting cross-legged at the ancient equipment carefully weaving. <br><br>Our hotel for the night was the Lemon Tree. A well-run hotel that provided a welcome oasis in the middle of a not so attractive Indian city.<br> <br>

... At one point the maze opens into the moat. A wall has been built there now. After you cross all the obstacles, there is a short hike to the palace on top of the hill. There is also a 110m tower of victory called Chand Minar (Tower of the moon).<br>

... by writing Koran teachings on prayer caps and selling them. The tomb of a Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja Syed Zainuddin Shiraz is right next to Aurangzeb's tomb. Prophet Mohammed&#8217;s robe is also kept here and is brought out and kept on display once a year. 

... choices here were limited. We managed, after some searching to locate a decent one for around $15 US. <br><br>The first night we drove out of town to an overlook to view the caves location form high on a ridge above the site. The drive out was fun. We had hired a Hindustan Motors 1995 Ambassador to carry us out through the fields of lentil, corn, and sugar cane. Once we arrived at the viewpoint, we were afforded a panoramic view of the site. The caves were ...

... have been to carve...we were all starting to get hungry. So off to lunch for Indian food and cold beer. After the 3 hour drive back to Aurangabad, everyone was ready for some much needed pool time. Dinner and drinks were at the hotel and the adults stayed up a bit late in the hotel bar while the kids went to bed. The next day it was another early start...first stop is Daulatabad fort...a 14th century fort near the city ...

... over-excited about the whole thing and don't sleep before the trip, during the trip or after the trip. As a result none of us got much sleep either! Aurangabad doesn't really have much going on in the town itself but is nearby some really spectacular caves which are carved into the rocks nearby. They are called Ajanta and Ellora caves and are not really caves as we could call them, but temples which have been carved out ...

... show his various incarnations as the Buddha himself, or as Bodhisattvas. These are my favorites because these are enlightened beings who forgo their own nirvana in order to stay behind and help others reach transcendence. To get to each, we booked the tours through the Tourist Department at the MTCD Holiday Resort Hotel. Ellora was 200 rupees, and included other stops in the city. We only went to the ones we preferred, and grabbed snacks at the ...

... into it. Many pilgrims come here to pray next to the tourists. There were lots of school groups there and we posed for way too many photos with eager young lads, **** snaps are us. Some of the guys hired the professional photographers to have their picture taken with us one on one and then have it printed by a mobile printer and then autographed by us. Alot of the Indians still use cameras as big as bricks that take rolls of film. The constant celebrity attention was ...

... continued our discussion from the previous day about Indian and American cultural differences. He wondered if families really live as far apart as we'd heard, and whether it was true that ************e followed in the profession of their parents. He told me about many smart Indian friends who'd gone to America to earn like Americans and spend like Indians, so they returned with a large savings; and others not as smart who ...

... died on the way. Later when trouble followed he moved his capital back to Delhi. Daulatabad fort is a small township in itself bounded by walls .Much of the fort and the walls are in a dilapidated condition now. Inside the fort there is a meenar (tower) and a maze. The fort is strategically built and offers several lines of defense to the invaders. One place inside the fort offers a ...