Bodhgaya

its a spritiual tour,,,,,as well a learning experience

... this lady called 'Sujata' had offered the Buddha rice pudding after he came out from spending 6 yrs meditiating at Mahakara caves in Bodhgaya - all very cool, as I knew none of these stories before. When we came back, we had lots of chais from our regular ...

... break downs I had on the way until I could find some fuses did their best to prevent my plan, but I soldiered on). I pulled into Bodhgaya in the pitch black of night wondering whether or not I had just past a field where Buddha had walked on his way to ...

... Buddha tree. The town now stands as a major pilgrimage site for Buddhist from around the world. The amazing thing about Bodhgaya is that many countries that practice Buddhism have built monasteries, temples or Wat's depending on their country, in their ...

... for 3 hours from Rajgir to gaya, then a cycle rikshaw through town with some guy from the bus and then a shared auto rikshaw to Bodhgaya 14km away. Its nicer here, much more relaxed although im finding i am really lazy at the moment - no motivation to do ...

... and general road chaos even made the devout pilgrims a little grumpy!  But I am revived after a few days in Bodhgaya, where I found a dormitory room at a meditation center, associated with the meditation center that I enjoyed for a 3-day ...

... a couple of days ago and am now in transit to Lumbini, Nepal where I will sit in silence for 2 more months. Bodhgaya was great. When I arrived there were thousands of maroon robed Tibetans circumambulating arouind the Mahabodhi stupa which marks the spot ...

A jeep ride from Varanasi to Mughal Sarai Junction for 45 minutes. And then an express train to Gaya city for 3 hours but the train was 1.5 hours late. From there another change onto a auro-rickshaw to Bodhgaya which was about 45 minutes. ...