Hotel Casa di William Khajuraho

... The other more normal carvings are of Hindu
gods,animals, dancing girls, you name it its probably on a temple!
Tomorrow I go to see the Jain temples which will be v different.
Temples are now in amongst immaculate lawns and gardens when they were
re-discovered they were in amongst the jungle. Was great - clambering
up/down steps, in/out temples - you know me give me an old building to
explore and clamber about in and I,m happy!

Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India carole91

There are a number of amazing sights and temples to see in India. I can't really answer why visiting here had to be on my list. Possibly because it's not all about sex, but love and happiness too....isn't it? Plus I've just lived the pious life of a nun for 10 days we may as well experiment with this new found inner peace among these Vatsyayana temples!

Following the Kama Sutra

Instruction 1....
"The citizen in search of the good life should take ...

... get into our sleeper beds which they claimed were theirs. They showed us the passenger manifesto that clearly had their names printed next to our seat numbers. What the? How could that be? I told them to take the issue up with the conductor then rolled over and pretended to sleep. One of the guys sat on the end of my sleeper and the other slept on the floor. Later, when the conductor finally appeared it became apparent that it was our mistake of course, we were on the wrong train and ...

... take a fairly standard form, where figures are positioned in bands, with the upper bands having even more intricate work. But it's the tops that look amazing, as they appear to be like carved wood, rather than the rock they are.

Had it not been for the Mughals, these temples could arguably have been some of the best world structures of all time. There are apsaras (dancing nymphs), surasundaris (heavenly nymphs) and nayikas (mortal women), who make up the ...

... ch*i *nd fruit *nd one of us rem*ined vigil*nt, *s the driver ne*rly dropped off * couple of times, while driving. It w*s * str*nge drive, *s this w*s tot*lly fl*t l*nd, without * mount*in in sight Long, str*ight ro*ds , dusty towns, fr*ntic motorists, chilled out cows *nd bustling loc*ls seemed the norm over the 8 hours th*t we tr*velled. I took * ricksh*w to * hostel in V*r*n*si, where I w*s plunged into my first sensory overlo*d of Indi*n life Yogi Lodge's st*nd*rds ...

... sandwiched between the two passengers: large ( foot long) propane tank; a window air conditioner; a 3 foot pane of plate glass; a 26 inch tube style television; a 100 pound sack of grain; bags of dry cement; a large bag of clothing; but the winner, at least for today was a large truck tire-not only heavy but tall. Back to the countryside, we are going thru a very dry area. Of course this is the dry time of the year, but this part of India ...

... be*rs *nd very few *re now found on the streets of Indi*. The pl*ce c*n be visited by *ppointment only so we h*d * person*l tour of the pl*ce, bloody nightm*re to find though *s it w*s hidden in * m*ssive bird s*nctu*ry. The visit w*s very worthwhile *nd n*tur*lly m*de * don*tion to the centre. I h*ve to s*y this w*s much better th*n the T*j M*h*l so if *nyone is thinking of coming here visit this pl*ce *s it is * good c*use *nd you get to see huge be*rs close up.

... fact it is rude to NOT play music for the people around you! After a good few minutes of explaining in vain that we could not play music for the train, we sat in an uncomfortable silence, eventually returning our iPods to our bags and resorting to gazing out of the windows for the next few hours.

As we approached Orchha station two friendly guys who spoke a little English told us it was our station, and helped us off the train just in time.

... name; this is very common and is even forewarned in the book. After many attempts at trying to reach the requested guest house (the drivers kept taking us to their friend's different places so they could get commission) we finally just went with one of the suggested guest house called Elvis guest house. The place was decent enough and the staff was extremely helpful and nice so we were happy. That said,we have since met up with and made friends with people that stayed in ...

... toutes les trois secondes comme d'habitude par les Indiens qui voulaient absolument qu'on voit leurs boutiques, ou tout simplement pour nous parler mais ils nous soulent à nous raconter toujours la même chose ! Nous avons passé l'après midi à essayer de trouver un train pour Varanasie ! En fait nous avons d'abord pris un ticket de bus pour Satna puisque le vendeur nous a affirmer qu'on pourrait prendre le train de nuit du 25 janvier de Satna à varanasie ! Evidemment lorsque nous ...