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This was a cool town. Very Wizard of Oz. Desolate, hot, dusty, super cool ruins and temples, all very sinister looking in their spires and the way they are baking in the sun. It's also an active piligrimage site, completely unrelated to the ruins, so that was fun too.
Ah, India
Ah, India		 How I feel most days
How I feel most days		 I just ate this stuff up
I just ate this stuff up		 I should find out what they are
I should find out what they are		 Bathers
Bathers		 The vultures, which are everywhere, add to the Wizard of Oz feel to the place
The vultures, which are everywhere, add to the Wizard of Oz feel to the place
Big, big birds
Big, big birds		 They're everywhere
They're everywhere		 There are only a few clusters of ruins, but they are worth going to see
There are only a few clusters of ruins, but they are worth going to see		 The countryside, which you can get good photos of from the roofs of the ruins, is sparse and beautiufl
The countryside, which you can get good photos of from the roofs of the ruins, is sparse and beautiufl		 g6/31/233431/3/79771785.j0s7JFrH.jpg Lots of little ruins around too, not just the major ones
Lots of little ruins around too, not just the major ones
Temple
Temple		 Painting inside the Laxmi temple
Painting inside the Laxmi temple		 More
More		 I think he was there to amuse the tourists, of which there were none
I think he was there to amuse the tourists, of which there were none		 The road to the Laxmi temple
The road to the Laxmi temple		 Stopped at this guy's temple and he made me tea, in a flurry of activity
Stopped at this guy's temple and he made me tea, in a flurry of activity
and deep concentration
and deep concentration		 He showed me this shrine
He showed me this shrine		 He lives here, it seems
He lives here, it seems		 Ah, India
Ah, India		 Morning bathing
Morning bathing		 The sun has baked them the perfect color, same as the Dakota on Central Park West
The sun has baked them the perfect color, same as the Dakota on Central Park West
g6/31/233431/3/79770832.nsGPM7DI.jpg Vultures, ruins, holy men, what more can you ask for in a holiday destination?
Vultures, ruins, holy men, what more can you ask for in a holiday destination?		 From the roof of one of the ruins
From the roof of one of the ruins		 g6/31/233431/3/79770836.ixnlkbDE.jpg More paintings
More paintings		 Feigning ennui
Feigning ennui
This guy was pretty cool
This guy was pretty cool		 Bird
Bird		 Little ruin
Little ruin		 Farmers
Farmers		 Nice palace door
Nice palace door		 Seen not through branches
Seen not through branches
Courtyard
Courtyard		 Outside the Ram Temple
Outside the Ram Temple		 Quite a lively scene
Quite a lively scene		 Lots going on
Lots going on		 Bangels
Bangels		 Sadhu conclave
Sadhu conclave
Mass Transit
Mass Transit		 I don't know how those guys got up this one. I NEVER found the stairway
I don't know how those guys got up this one. I NEVER found the stairway

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