Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Khajuraho



We got in at about 7:30m. After the customaru dodging of touts and rickshaw drivers we got ourselves into a hotel in the main drag and had some dinner. The rooftop restaurant was empy when we arrived. 2 minutes later, and until the moment we left, Indian men pottered around, chatted with us, pottered around some more. They were nice, we had some pleasant talks, but we did not get one minute alone.
Today we went to see the Khajuraho temples- the whole reason why we came here. They are famous for their carvings with Kama Sutra images. They were cool. There's 3 groups of them- the Western ones were amazing (the only ones you gotta pay to get into), the Eastern and Southern ones not a big deal.
We then bought our bus and train tickets combo to leave for Varanasi tomorrow arvo. And the plan for tonight is dinner at an Italian restaurant. There's lots of Italian restaurants here for some reason. Weird. Our pick is the one advertising "Italian Chef and Dutch Supervisor"- we'll see how we go.

Llegamos tipo 7:30pm. Despues de esquivar conductores de rickshaws y tipos tratando de convencerte de ir a su hotel, como de costumbre, conseguimos un hotel en la calle principal y fuimos a cenar. El restaurante en la terraza estaba vacio cuando llegamos. A los 2 minutos, y hasta que nos fuimos tuvimos tipos Indios dando vueltas charlandonos, dando mas vueltas. Todo bien, buena onda, pero no tuvimos ni un minuto a solas ni en silencio.
Hoy fuimos a ver los templos de Khajuraho- la razon por la cual vinimos aca. Son famosos por las imagenes del Kama Sutra. Hay 3 grupos de templos- los del oeste espectaculares (son los unicos para los que hay que pagar entrada), los del este y los del sur la verdad no gran cosa.
Despues nos compramos nuestros boletos de tren y omnibus para irnos manana a la tarde para Varanasi. Y el plan esta noche es cena en un restaurante italiano. Hay muchos restaurantes italianos aca por algun motivo. Muy raro. Vamos a ir al que tiene un cartel diciendo: "Chef Italiano. Supervisor Holandes". Ya veremos que onda...


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