first batch are from our trip to aurangabad, the ellora and ajanta caves... the rest are from goa. short captions to follow.
the start of the trip: 5 am and our driver was the only one asleep...
would you believe this is a two lane highway? spot the oncoming car and/or the actual road...
so, here's some pics of the Ellora caves... i was put in there to keep everything to scale...
and these would be toads in a hole... that i may or may not have tripped in...
this was day two at the ajanta caves: the first sign of treehugging in india!
inside the caves one can't use flash photography... this is an attempt to preserve the paintings that have been around for oh, i dunno, about a thousands years or so...
again we got to pose for pics... this time i also got one... and ended up feeling awfully pale afterward.
so we're all complaining that the ac isn't working in our lovely van...
so now that we've arrived in goa i thought i'd post a little bit of what we see on a day to day basis: mainly cows, burn out buildings.... and garbage... all surrounded by lovely palms and vines and topped off with stifling humidity.
this is basically the result of a portugese (and therefore catholic) colonial history married to a strong hindu background: purdy temples built like churches...
here's the local market which is far too tempting with lovely shiny objects and spices... sadly we thought we'd bartered quite well but upon arriving back at our guesthouse, leena (the caretaker) nearly died laughing when she found out how much we actually paid... so sad.
hot real estate near vagator beach...
the dogs around here are quite persistent...
the hike up to chapora fort...
and the has monsoon descended upon us already... yay.
oh and there are loads more pics where these came from... all you gotta do is head on over to diana's blog: www.dianadoesasia.blogspot.com or to eugene's at www.iabhorallpeople.blogspot.com... or follow the links on the side of this blog :)
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thanks for these; it's good to be able to give or imaginations a reality check
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