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Diwali et Nassyam
Lever a l aube, 6h, la large rivière coule, un pecheur ramene quelques poissons, avec son embarcation de fortune: un pneu, des bouts de ficelle et des bouts de bois. Visite de temples, de cenotaphes (tombeaux) de maharajas, de citadelles fortifiees. Et repos a la piscine trop froide pour s y baigner, le soleil est enfin la, nous sortons meme les maillots et la creme solaire. Cette impression que nous sommes dans ce ...
Heat and dust
8 heures de route et que 250 kms pour rejoindre Orchha, un village de 8000 habitants, au bord de la rivière Betwa. Village de campagne paisible , en partie detruit. La fete de la lumiere -Diwali- bat son plein: chants, musique, marche, lessive et bain dans la rivière. Les hommes se lavent, les femmes pas; dans les rivieres en tout cas. Une grosse rhinite me prive de toute odeur, et meme si c est plus "comfortable" , j en suis triste, il y a aussi ...
Shut up - we've a train to catch!
Then on to Orchha by a supposedly express train which took ages, we arrived at Orchha to be faced with persistent and annoying touts to get our custom. We ended up getting a tuktuk to our hotel which was tented accommodation on a indian holiday resort. Beautiful inside with a huge bathroom where everything worked a treat. Had a look around the village ...
Hindu rituals, erotica and a medieval town
... by Kama Sutra teachings, and people came here to learn how to live a perfect life and Kama (sex) was seen as a very important part of life.
The amazing detail on the temples had us mesmerized, and so did the sexual positions of some of the sculptures on the temples. It was a very interesting place to visit. A place that we had forgotten that was on our itinerary, but a place we would now never forget.
We had been spoilt with outstanding architecture in Khajuraho, but ...
Is there a camel outside?
... are quite magnificent Hindu temples which have carvings of naughty things on the side of them. The temples where constructed around 1100 years ago around the same time as Angkor Wat. Today we visited an old 16th century palace which made a bit of a change from temples and in particular offered some awesome views of the landscape and some cheesy photo opportunities.
We have been out of the big cities over ...
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