Tuesday, November 30, 2010

India travel notes (33) g long vlaho Temple-cycling in the long

G long la hora is a very small towns, if carry-on items is not particularly burdensome, or rest assured the luggage in the hotel, where the most convenient means of transport is the bike.

Previous day we visit the Temple of light, while the day before, yet dark, a man in the street and rented a bike, from West Temple group pond soil into the local villages.

Beside the entrance, we found many nobody care of damaged monuments, it is clear that there had been many temples have been destroyed, only broken moldering wall, there's only underground just for pillar base. It is hard to imagine, hundreds of years ago, in such a big forest area, stand 85 as we have seen how beautiful temples, here there was religious atmosphere can also.

It grew dark, freeze and continued on his way the village continued woman carrying a small bucket into the small trees or bushes, we know that this is their daily routine.

India people like or habits faeces in the field think that is the true nature, and, with the left hand after a stool for carry-on small bucket of water to clean the body. Such a habit in most small towns in India is still preserved, even in New Delhi and Mumbai in such large cities, there is no need to deliberately look for, I can see people on the street. But to India so many days, the women out there, we discovered for the first time.

Ride into the village, met.

The sudden appearance of many looks less than ten-year-old boy called chasing you, even to you. Thought they were out of curiosity to foreigners or fun, also intends to play in their circles, and so understand what they shout, we quickly accelerated away from the village, it's pathetic-like like Japan Japanese fled from gaojiazhuang. The children ran side in shout: "one Rupee, one Rupee" (a rupee, a rupee), we fall into the money of the encirclement.

Ride out really random, so we go back to the hotel and the service desk said good morning to four better bike, preparing bike tour East Temple group and the South Temple.

Morning 8: 30 pm, cycling time is placed in the hotel yard.

But we did not start immediately, because it had a little accident. In this natural atmosphere rich towns and villages, although in the decoration pay attention to the hotel, good service, although this season or insect dormant in winter, but that was in Mumbai is Monkey Bites of female companionship, again India close contact with small animals. Night, a green bean large spider climb to India she armholes, and firmly attached, is a pain in the morning she was awake. I don't know how it is hard to find this place, perhaps, there are some warmer. Do not know if there are no poisonous spiders in India or have no viruses, prudent, and got the doctor. Okay, ordinary spider, unplug the spider, wipe point iodine, ok. May be the cause of climate humid and warm (except the Northern mountainous area, most of the land and the winter temperatures are not very low), India various bug variety, and special activities. Our trip was in India in winter, select General in the middle of the hotel, so basically no too many bugs, even scary India mosquito (dengue fever disseminator) also hardly ever around us patronage. This encounter spider, only when it is one of the fun of travel.

We took every bike for 40 rupees a day rental, then towards the Sun, breathing the fresh air in rural India, riding in the country has been a long time did not ride a bike, go straight to the very few travellers visiting East Temple group.

East Temple group actually can find Temple is very small, basic still full of temples in only one or two blocks, there are ways around the enclosed, open a small door, but have not received tickets for the free access, occasionally become a place of rest for cattle grazing.

Estimated that if it is not listed as a world heritage, the corresponding maintenance funds, those who have no one to go through setting. Believe that one day, when more destruction of heritage, Government of India will be aware of these non-replication of the Millennium, the value of the ancient buildings and manufacturing scraps of fence is not an order of magnitude.

Met a bike like us, rural teachers handlebar, side by side in the family, the only 500 rupees a month's salary in the simplicity of youth did on his low income have any complain, even and most of the people, India refusing our paid by way of a tip.

In his guidance, we went to a collapse of the old temple, only not fully collapsed base also can be seen here have had a sitting Temple exist, Fangyuan dozens of meters, is the collapse of loose stone, although one or two from the largest to smallest to few meters of rubble, the CM also barely resolved topmost carving, but all the elements that are very fuzzy. Think of the previous days worth seeing a hundred times a beautiful masterpiece, then look at the stone in Montreal, we have stood in the ruins on silent for a long time.

Along the dirt track on the rustic bumpy, through lots of lush fields, we came to the South Temple.

South Temple group mainly Jainism temples and part of the Hindu temple, the temple here more complete protection, when we arrived, some decrepit India Temple is to fix them. Back to half a year ago to India's friend says, we see that the fixing of the temple, when it in repair, really do not know the exclamation efficiency of India people or about the temple restoration work fine.

Jainism and Buddhism had flourished for a time with confrontation Brahmanism (caste system) of the main religious, say later Hindu Brahmin evolved into now, by including Jainism, some religious confrontation.

The founder of Jainism daxiong, also called El stem Tuo if grapes (Nigathanataputta), advocated an ascetic, focus on your own ascetic and free meditation, after achieving rebirth to reach Nirvana. In Buddhism spread all over the world and almost died out in India today, Jainism in India have many followers. In Jainism, houses of the legislature is the invasiveBeginning of standing statue, whole body naked, male genitals as India variety of religious worship objects is particularly conspicuous in his possession. South Temple in India Temple and West Temple Group also refined, even weathering seems to smaller, clearer, but the carving of carving, performance men's and women's sexual content of gentleness and on fewer to gods, fairies and animal theme.

Back to hotel for the check out procedure, to the airport.

Because we know that India is part of the flight was delayed, so come and ask the driver to take us to the airport check-in, then took us to the local market of travel articles, total pay 100 rupees. To the airport, check-in at all has not come yet, but staff told us that our flight was delayed at least 1 hour. With the luggage, to taxi to the market.

Here is a small tourist souvenir market, four-storey, books, brochures, postcards, wood carving, stone carving, copper products, but also decoration work are very high, but the price is very high, and there is not much room for owner doesn't allow it, possibly because here are more Western tourists.

If no particular favorite taste or economic conditions are particularly comfortable, it is not necessary here to buy souvenirs. G long la hora is a pure tourist area, where the streets have many small shops selling souvenirs, reasonable price, bargaining can cut 1/3 to half. Here, wood, stone and bronze sculpture of small souvenirs while exquisite and the big difference between the market, but enough to make people returned also recalled the magic of long vlaho Temple and temple on jingshi stone.

G long vlaho airport security than other airports are strict, and even the usually can bring the aircraft battery is also requested by the cabin crew, men and women separate, personal check, very stringent.

In contrast, domestic security to loose much. The plane was delayed almost 1 and a half hours, pm 7: 00, we are back in New Delhi.

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