India 2005

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Orchha to Khajuraho

We woke up to breakfast on our private terrace and decided to go for a quiet walk through Orchha. We were surprised to see that the town had been taken over by thousands of pilgrims (many of whom had walked for many miles to come and celebrate). We fought our way through the crowds for a couple of hours, and even bargained with the locals to purchased our very own Ganesh idol. We met our driver from the previous day at 11:30am for the 3 hour drive to Khajuraho. In Khajuraho we stayed at the Holiday Inn (which was a little run down and smelled of mould, but had an amazing pool area!). Ian toured the southern temples while I napped by the pool, but he came back and picked me up to go and enjoy a cultural dance show. We had dinner at the Mediterraneo Restaurant.