Aurngabad We arrived at about 5 AM and we spent a part acceptable, but after a while came a bouquet of flowers in the bathroom that forced us to change (smell of pure crap as it was called the English). We passed a piece that had the beds with bed bugs (lice, fleas, ticks, etc..) But we were already dead sleep so sharp.
In the morning we met Oscar and Lily, the English and English with 2 more. We were 6 in a taxi to the caves of Ellora. Before reaching the caves we went through Daulatabad, an old fort that was on top of a hill. Parra we get up the stairs that were dark and full of bats, very Indianajonesesco, the smell of bat is something we will never forget ...
strong After we went to the caves of Ellora. The caves are very old and are carved temples with Buddha statues, Hindu and Jain. The Hindus are the best because they handle everything that is political with hookloaders, poly heads, etc. Cave 16 was the most impressive because it was really a kind of castle that had carved from a single stone, is really amazing. Furthermore it is full of squirrels and parrots truth.
We returned to the hotel and rested. It seems that the entropy is inversely proportional to the number of inhabitants of the city, because there is so much chaos as in Mumbai, dirt remains that if (Marraneria as you say in English). With Meche reached the conclusion that India is a super poor country, but maybe not much more than any South American country, so if it is radical is the level of trash and debris mierdesilla in which people live, we have seen into several parts that go to the bathroom is optional ... PAF. There is also the subject of attention, waiters in restaurants are super nice but not necessary to clean the utensils by hand, to bring a plate of rice with half a hand in that mess or your finger to the bottle of Coca Cola for cleaning.
Anyway. The next day we went with the British at Ajanta, other caves, but a little further. The grace of these caves is that they are painted with frescoes by all sides, with many colors, are truly breathtaking as they say in the Lonely Planet.
was fresh out of a cave with Meche when we saw a group of Indians watching us and commenting a lot, obviously wanted to get us pictures so we said go ahead.
The second came thousand we felt like chicken anhos Fuentes at his best, surrounded by people who wanted his picture taken with us. We think they wanted to take photos with us by the news ... hopefully, but here is something very typical. Also spends a lot of people ask where are all the time, we say that we are in Chile and obviously did not cleave at all.
We said goodbye to the English and went to Jalgaon, a village near by there. We went by taxi to arrive after the driver drove very bad, extremely fast and against traffic all the time.
In Jalgaon stayed in a hotel rather decent, and the next day we went at 4 in the morning to train Khandwa (2AC class obviously). We arrived at 8:15 and from there we take a bus to Indore, we arrived at 12, and from there we had to go to another pa bus station take a bus to Dhar (2 hours more, and sitting on the floor with 80 people more) and from there another bus over ( 1:15 h) to Mandu, our destination. We almost refund in half .. did not know if it was worth ... but when we saw we were getting ruined temples and palaces in the middle of the hills and it was spectacular. So here are happy to have gone.
Mandu is on a plateau in the middle of a mini forest, is a very small town which means zero people asking for money or selling tours and things. We stayed in a hotel (here in India are always going to stay in Hotel, ALWAYS) remained on the bank of a creek. Was very peaceful. We stayed 3 nights and take advantage of seeing all the temples and palaces / mosques had.
The second night they were all gentlemen of the Hotel watching a cricket match was the World Cup final and played India vs Pakistan (Chile equivalent to playing the football World Cup final against Argentina .) Obviously we saw the game and we were fans of the sport (it was not really was Twenty20 cricket is a shorter version.) Guess who won .... India, obviously. That generates more Kaos throughout the country. We rented a bicycle to get around the area and it was amazing, we passed wild monkeys, Ninh beset us in a procession of Ganesh and baobabs (such as the prince, in Mandu is one of the only places in India where available).
Last night it rained so we hide in our room, we were not the only ones with this idea ... Mosquitoes also fled, a wasp, a leaping lizard (Mr. Wilkinsons) and a grasshopper the size of a remote control. The toads could not enter because they closed the door in his face.
After Mandu haven of peace went by bus to Indore (this time in a direct one) and we were to host a night in that city to do paperwork for the purchase of train tickets (which was just then , so the advance) and get money, use the internet .. writing blog ... anyway ... We also bought several plane tickets in some places, because they are expensive and train travel are long. So here the next day we went by train to Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh's capital) where we stayed with host (and find a restaurant steak) and went for the day at Sanchi, a small town 40 km where there are Buddhist temples bacanes (although we found a little fomes). And we were rained out of control ... monsoon. Luckily when we arrived at Sanchi unemployment.
Bhopal and now we are going to Orchha manhana, and thence to Kahurajo.
The good thing is that whenever I like (Meche) plus India and we are more accustomed to chaos. See you later
Meche and Javier
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