Gingee, India

... with monkeys) and headed to the stairs heading up to Rajagee, the King's fortress and also the highest and biggest of the 3 fortresses in Gingee. Oh yes, there is a staircase to the top of the hill, so it's easy to climb, one only has to climb 1200 steps ...

... to travel north and to be on the move again. We have spent a lot of time here in Pondy.  Today we went to Gingee, which is a small village two hours away.  We took the local bus so they could experience what that was all about.  We climbed ...

... bit with the teachers and pupils. I felt a bit like our king making a trip to a school LOL Then we took a bus to Gingee Fort, which is an amazing place with two big forts on hills that overlook a moonlike landscape. We didn't visit Rajagiri but went to ...

I just got back from spending the night in Tiruvannamalai. It's a smaller city that is about 4 hours away from here by bus.  Four of us traveled together to see Mt. Arunachala , which is known locally as Girivalam, along with all of the temples in ...