India: the good and the bad
Well, this has to be the wierdest post yet. I’ve been in India for 2 days w sorry I don’t have some pictures to sedn noe (left my cable inMumbaI). I’m in Aurangabad, India and I’m almost certainly the only foreigner in this city. I took a 12 hour overnight bus trip from Mumbai to here and checked into a hotel about 6 am this morning. Tried to get some sleep before heading out, but woke up when a cockroach crawled across my chest. Went to some rock caves in Ellora after that, and they were quite spectacular! When I send the pix you’ll see what I mean. The caves were built for monks about 1,000 – 1,400 yrs ago. They were carved into the mountain, and I’ve certainly never seen anything like them. It’s kind of like they carved St. Patrick’s Cathedral from a huge piece of rock, complete with all the altars, statues, etc. There are a great number of caves, representing the Buddist, Hindu, and, Jist periods. I better stop now, this will make more sense when I send the pictures
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