Postcards from abroad
After another winery visit, we head off into the wilds tomorrow: we go to a place called Matheran which has no cars or autos (tuk-tuks), so we have to catch a toy train there (no, I don't know what that is) and then walk or take a horse - guess what, we'll walk! So I… Continue reading Until the day after tomorrow …
Some of you may know that the Kumbh Mela happens in Nashik every twelve years. The Kumbh Mela attracts millions - that's right, millions - of pilgrims over a two-month period: the last one in Nasik was said to attract 75 million though of course there is no way of counting! Pilgrims come to the… Continue reading Nashik – the only other Varanasi
Okay all you wine enthusiasts - you may have been mocking about our wine tour, but mock no more. We visited two wineries today (we have another tomorrow morning) - very different from each other. The first was developed in collaboration with an Italian winemaker, and was small and modest - see the wine tasting… Continue reading Wine tour of Nasik
And in case you thought we were just hanging around in caves all day, here are a few wonderful scenes from the rest of the day: a groom we saw near Aurangzeb's tomb who very kindly let us take his photo as he wore his 45 kg outfit, covered in flowers; lunch - another great… Continue reading Scenes of Aurangabad
We went very early this morning to see the Ellora temple caves which were rather overwhelming. They are later than those we saw yesterday - seventh/eighth century or so. We can't show you the unbelievable range and detail, but we'll focus on two: the first is a Buddhist cave built before the second picture of… Continue reading Ellora – Buddhist, Hindu and Jain caves