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8N-12 Cidco Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, 431 003, 240-238-1106
4:00 am Mumbai - I am wondering exactly why I decided to catch the 7:15 flight to Aurangabad. Coffee is at the door and I am headed to the shower. On my way to the airport I see Mumbai as never before, quiet. No horns blaring, no traffic, no nothing. It is a great way to see the city. Today is Holi, part of the 4 day Hindu celebration of Spring and it is a good thing I am headed out of town. Today is the throwing of the colors....basically all sorts of dye and water balloons are thrown at eve...
Aurangabad, India bnbfsuSo...there's an expatriate (expat) association in Hyderabad that's open to anyone who lives in Hyderabad who holds a foreign passport. I've been a member of TEA (Twin Cities Expat association) for the past two years and it's a great place to meet people from all over the world and from a variety of walks of life. The TEA group organizes weekly happy hours and sends out a weekly email to all it's members to inform you of what's going on in the city that week. They also organize trips for the e...
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India bwulzWhile at Aurangabad you will find one of the rare engineering marvels of medieval India: The Panchakki, meaning the water wheel. It is situated right in the heart of the city and will take just an hour to tour the complex. As we entered we were surrounded by a group of guides. Strangely we found they haggle over the rates and settle for around Rs.200 whether it is for three hours at the Ajanta Caves or four hours at Daulatabad Fort or the half an hour tour at Panchakki. These guides earn maxi...
Aurangabad, Maharashtra., India indi_ghoseHello everyone! Yesterday was our last day in Bombay, and we spent time wandering around the very narrow and crowded streets of Crawford MArket; where you can buy ANYTHING from gold jewlery, mangos, and a bloody goat head. We took a lot of pictures but I think that still photos don't quite show just how insanely crowded and busy these narrow winding streets are. Then we had another delicious meal and decided to write out our postcards and locate the post office before getting on the train to ...
Aurangabad, India laurenandkimVisited the caves of Ellora, need to thank Helene Martin for suggesting we take a day here. The caves, which aren't actually natural caves but temples carved out of the rock. Similar to the caves on Elephanta Island but far more vast. Temples of 3 religions, Buddhists, Hindus and Jains right next to each other without a so much as a sword in sight, what a concept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellora_Cav es Aurangabad is vastly different from Mumbai. Whereas Mumbai is an Indian city that has a...
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... into the solid rock hillside. The Hindu temples, built in the 8th through 10th centuries are massive and very impressive. There are also Jain (9th - 11th centuries) and Buddhist caves (5th - 7th centuries). All are very impressive and very deserving of their World Heritage designation. Since information on the caves is readily available, I'm not going to spend time writing about them, except to say it is worth the effort to get there. A ...
Aurangabad, Mahārāshtra, India cytravelDaulatabad fort is located about 13 KM from Aurangabad on the way to Ellora. This fort has an elaborate defence system comprising of many gates, moat, canons and maze. The Menda (Ram) canon is among the largest canons in India. The dark maze is home to ...
Daulatabad, Mahārāshtra, India inadarKuldabad is a Muslim pilgrimage town situated about 3 KM from Ellora. Aurangzeb, a mughal emperor who ruled for 50 years, is buried here. He wanted to be buried near the dargah of his guru and he wanted a very simple monument to be built from the money he ...
Khuldabad, Mahārāshtra, India inadar... We got back to our hotel around 4 or 5. I went to the gym to run on the treadmill (I don't dare run anywhere else), while Amy sat by the pool and ordered a crustless cheese sandwich. I'd started to get a weird rash on my hands and legs while coming back from the caves, and it got a lot worse when I heated up in the gym. Also, my hotel buddy Atul showed up so I stopped after a half hour and chatted more with him ...
Aurangabad, Maharastra, India, India abn941There are few places around Aurangabad for sight seeing. So we hired an auto rickshaw for the day. The first place we visited was Daulatabad fort some 20 odd kms from A'bad. Daulatabad was once made the capital of India by a ruler Muhammad bin Tughlaq who forced people to move from Delhi to Daulatabad. It was a iron fisted decision by a quixotic ruler . It was a nightmare for the people and ...
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