Hotel Gwalior Regency

... deaf guy and his wife who wanted to talk to me. His wife could hear and speak but him not - so it was Indian sign language, a it of writing but we managed to have some form of conversation. Ticket inspector came round, saw my ticket, thought about it for a while and than thought this is going to be too much hassle so got let off being in the wrong part of the train!

The places here were great but the place itself wasn't so good. First hotel was awful - I had decided to ...

... complex. After visiting the fort and two other temples on top of the ridge, we noted some Buddhist detail on the walls of the ridge below. I included some pictures of them as well. This territory has changed hands many times over the centuries. We left here for Delhi, leaving Central India behind. We are now heading to Rajastan, Land of the Kings.

ach ja, ich hab allahabad zu ende geschrieben... khajuaro war nett, belur aber besser, orcha war auch besser, aber irgendwie habe ich von indien genug..werde weiter nach rajasthan, dann mal schaun...am 25. ist mein indien visa eh zuende,,,waere ja sogerne fuer den sommer zuhause gewesen :)

... delhi como capital a alguns seculos atras decidiu mudar a capital pra um lugar deserto a 1100 km de distancia (nao eh gwalior - to soh contando a historia) . como o lugar era deserto ele obrigou todos os moradores da cidade a se mudarem. o novo lugar escolhido nao era muito bom geograficamente, hahaha. depois de alguns anos e mais um forte + palacio construido ele decidiu voltar pra delhi com a parcela da populacao q conseguiu sobreviver a toda essa ...

... AC unit. The shadow I saw was no mouse but someones legs as they ran away. Funnily enough, just then, a real mouse ran out from under our bed and outside under the door. Malwina was a mess, I was ****** off! I barged downstairs and let the day manager have it, first about the guy calling us, then about someone looking through the window. His response: "we will no tell anyone ELSE you are here. Ohhh, and close your window them." "I can't close it is cracked!!!!" I yelled ...

Today we got to see real, simple engineering schemes making enormous differences to people's lives. We travelled to look at the work in Sihgrawan Khurd village where WaterAid and its partner Haritika have been helping the 1276 people in the village for 3 years. The village now has an electric pump which pumps the water from the source (1.5km away from the village) to 3 water tanks within the village. Before the women and children spent a large part of the ...

... a staircase and everything changed. Beautifully painted and guilded rooms with columns, 19th century tiles and marble. The first large room was dedicated to the previous Maharaja with exhibits such as some of his personal belongings like his cricket bats and golf clubs, photo's, his private desk etc. The rooms that lead from this room feature musical instruments, carpets hangings on the walls, clothes, marble statues, manuscripts and ...

... known as the Sasbahu Temples that date from the 9th-11th centuries. The first temple, the largest of the two, was covered in beautiful carved figures and is dedicated to the Hindu got, Vishnu. Inside are four gigantic pillars supporting the roof. The smaller temple is dedicated to Shiva and was near to the edge of the fort wall so you get more great views over the city. The postcard boy had wandered off, much to my relief. I then walked to another huge ...

... my own bunk room in sleeper, non-A/C. Sounds okay, but since it has been booked out to other people, who actually belong there, I spend the night with angry people banging at the door. Thrilling. When I finally get off the train at the Patna station, I have made a firm decision. Luxury. I get an auto rickshaw driver to take me to the Maurya Patna Hotel. There, I pay way more than $60US but when I see the bathroom, a state of ...