It has been months since I wrote something here. My hobbies and my work takes so much time I simply don't have the patience to come here to record my thoughts. I have to though write about my Aurangabad trip.
Well I knew that it was going to be close to 7 hours of driving but I didn't know that the road beyond Nashik would be so broken. The whole car was jolted many times. We played the game of making up names of villages or towns and then Kush checked on the net to see if our made up villages existed or not. I still remember one of the outrageous names. 'Totapur'. and it exists somewhere.
We checked in our room and then soon rushed to Ellora caves. I was kind of getting upset because it was already 4 PM and Ellora caves was huge. However the first cave that we encountered was Kailash temple, the temple that I had wanted to see since my childhood, the temple that has been cut off a single rock. And the temple is huge with so many sculptures that have survived the onslaught of time. I didn't climb uphill to check on the buddhist caves.
From there we went to Grishneshwar temple, one of the jyotirlinga. I was fortunate to touch the shivalinga with my own hands. From there we went back to the hotel for we were very tired. The whole night I dreamt of a huge figure towering over me.
The next morning we headed to Ajanta caves. It was 200 kms away from us. We went to the viewpoint and then decided to take down the steps to reach the caves. We checked some of the caves. The paintings had faded. the caves were dark. it was seriously bad. We decided to head back and the climb uphill was extremely punishing. My lungs were on fire, my legs trembled, thrice I felt I was having a mild heart attack. I don't know how I managed to reach the top but reach I did and then drove the car to the first decent restaurant to stop and eat something.
The same day we visited Bibi ka Maqbara but we all look so tired in the photographs. It is a replica of Taj Mahal and we could touch the walls and feel the coolness of the marble.
The next day we decided to head to Daulatabad Fort but Kush refused to go up so we climbed one set of steps and took some snaps. Then we headed back to Mumbai. Another 7 hours of drive and I was to tired I just wanted to flop on the bed and close my eyes. Knackered! But the next day I had to wake up and go to office though I could not do much.
Overall a fantastic journey! I was able to tick off something off my bucket list and was able to see some cool sculptures and more importantly create some good memories and one horrible nightmare. I have now started to exercise fervently.
Well I knew that it was going to be close to 7 hours of driving but I didn't know that the road beyond Nashik would be so broken. The whole car was jolted many times. We played the game of making up names of villages or towns and then Kush checked on the net to see if our made up villages existed or not. I still remember one of the outrageous names. 'Totapur'. and it exists somewhere.
We checked in our room and then soon rushed to Ellora caves. I was kind of getting upset because it was already 4 PM and Ellora caves was huge. However the first cave that we encountered was Kailash temple, the temple that I had wanted to see since my childhood, the temple that has been cut off a single rock. And the temple is huge with so many sculptures that have survived the onslaught of time. I didn't climb uphill to check on the buddhist caves.
From there we went to Grishneshwar temple, one of the jyotirlinga. I was fortunate to touch the shivalinga with my own hands. From there we went back to the hotel for we were very tired. The whole night I dreamt of a huge figure towering over me.
The next morning we headed to Ajanta caves. It was 200 kms away from us. We went to the viewpoint and then decided to take down the steps to reach the caves. We checked some of the caves. The paintings had faded. the caves were dark. it was seriously bad. We decided to head back and the climb uphill was extremely punishing. My lungs were on fire, my legs trembled, thrice I felt I was having a mild heart attack. I don't know how I managed to reach the top but reach I did and then drove the car to the first decent restaurant to stop and eat something.
The same day we visited Bibi ka Maqbara but we all look so tired in the photographs. It is a replica of Taj Mahal and we could touch the walls and feel the coolness of the marble.
The next day we decided to head to Daulatabad Fort but Kush refused to go up so we climbed one set of steps and took some snaps. Then we headed back to Mumbai. Another 7 hours of drive and I was to tired I just wanted to flop on the bed and close my eyes. Knackered! But the next day I had to wake up and go to office though I could not do much.
Overall a fantastic journey! I was able to tick off something off my bucket list and was able to see some cool sculptures and more importantly create some good memories and one horrible nightmare. I have now started to exercise fervently.
