Kerry arrived for a visit and we managed a weekend trip out of Mumbai. Had planned to get a train but tickets hard to get so ended up on a bus(bad move). The bus was reasonably comfortable but it took about 4 hours of lurching before we finally left the city, by which time Kerry and I felt v nauseous. Fortunately no vommitus from anyone on the bus, which amazingly didnt stop for a wee break during the 12 hour trip. No sleep, arrived at Aurangabad to visit Ellora caves (really temples) feeling worse for wear.
Headed out to the world heritage listed caves and suddenly felt energised, beautiful peaceful countryside and the most inspiring temples carved out of solid rock over hundreds of years. The Buddhist temple has amazing acoustics. A guide in the temple started singing a chant and it echoed around the temple beautifully bouncing around the walls. Incredible to thing that the people that started digging out the stone, their children's children etc would have been digging away for generations before it started looking like anything but a hole in the ground. Persistence huh. They must have had some kind of powerful foresight.
Headed next day to Nasik, spiritual city with holy waters and hoards bathing, washing etc by the river. Very pretty, mixed with very dirty, as is the way. Train travel back was very relaxing, despite the crowd, chugging through the countryside and chatting with people in the carriage, many sitting around the floor. A young women with bright green eyes chatting, told Kerry she looked 'very unusual'. Very sweet.
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