If only we had high speed internet!!
We abrubtly ended our last entry due to a nosey Indian man… and a painfully slow internet connection. Khahujaro was wonderful. Going into the Indian kitchen was… we can’t even explain!! We decided to splurge and fly from Kha. to Varnassi, Instead of taking a 6 hour bus to a 12 hour train!! When we arrived at the airport, 30kms out of town, we hitched a ride with a spanish tour group into town. It was very lux., planes and a/c’ed bus!! Varanassi is said to be the holiest place. Every year thousands of people make pilgramages here to die or to wash away there sins by bathing in the river. (it looks to us this river could wash away nothing…its FILTHY). We took a boat along the river at 6 am today to watch. There are burning ghats along the river that cremate hundreds of people daily.
Below are some pics.. probably out of order.. but in india, you take what you can get. Thanks for all the comments, we have been laughing out loud. Oh yeah, when the airport told us we got a discount for being under 30.. Todd goes “Holy Cow”… they looked at us strange and then were like… oh this is the land of holy cow…we were hysterical. You should see, cows (and cowshit) are everywhere!!!
In Orchha there was another festival of Gensha, (who is a god not a goddess like we had said earlier) going on. All the the people were dancing in the streets, riding in the back of trucks, playing music and throwing colored powdered stuff all over. It was really fun!!!
You can see the pink covered boys behind. Aren’t these dresses beautiful!
Here we are on top of the Temple that the boy brought us up. Behind us is the Palace. (ladies, please no do- rag comments).
This is a view in the other direction.. we LOVED it here (click to enlarge)
At the market they sell this bright powder. They call it incense… but it just looks like colored powder to us. It’s the same stuff they put on there foreheads.
In Khajuraho, we turned to the temples for some advice how to have a successful relationship!! (click to enlarge)
And how to have an unsuccessful relationship….
Seriously, this temple below was just one of the 7 temples that are covered in these detailed Kharma Sutra sculptures.
Todd also partook in the Indian custom of gettting a street shave. It was a Hoot!
That’s it for now… we’ll keep you posted!!
Tags: Travel
Lisa and Todd-Blogmasters
Good morning!
Incense powder looks intense 🙂 Bring me back some, please? Incense, too, (the stuff you burn – which begs the question: Does incense powder burn?) while you’re at it! Oh, and some curry? Just kidding.
Looks like you’re having a real blast.
Hugs
I’m glad y’all are getting some good teaching from the ancients. No further comment. We miss you!
Love, Momma J.
Beautiful pictures, especially the one with the little man worshipping the horse. And here I thought it was the cow that was the sacred animal there…I had no idea how much the horse was reared…oops I mean revered…
Keep up the good bloggin’
Miss you guys…
xoj
Damn…
Todd w/the big ones, to let that dude hold the blade under your neck…haha…
How bout’ some of that red dot powder?
Things are going well in West Point, hope you guys stay safe! Keep up w/the great stories and pics!
V
The pictures are awesome!!!
Looks like the trip is becoming very educational. Even I am learning from it, especially how not to have a healthy relationship. Really glad ya’ll taught me that one now before I royally messed things up!!!
Lates,
Dashy
Hey Todd and Lisa,
Love the blog, you have captured it so well. It was great meeting you at Khajuraho. You are totally welcome to stay at my place in Delhi if you come here, to escape at least some of the hassle!! I can take you to all the cool Delhi-ite places to hang out 😉 Hope all your traveling goes as smoothly as possible.
Cheers and round chapatis,
Anna
Hi from Caroline, so India is not all that bad- I see…. Glad to hear that you enjoy it. Thank you for the book. We just returned from the south of France and visited somebody else with a vinyard…good wine. Hope you can pay with credit cards again. No comments about the Kamasutra temples… There is also a temple like that in Kathmandu, Nepal… Have fun Caroline
Um, anyone have any advice? Elia (age 8) and Mina (age 5) asked to see Lili and Toddie’s travel blog…. so I had to pretend there were no new postings. That’s what we get for bringing up computer savvy kids!
going to crab carnival today.we will miss you both.jim and susan shearer are going with me.i will sing a song for the both of you tomorrow night. love dad.