We leave our beloved Gambita (for those who do not know, it is the name we put on our motorcycle with which we made our Mototrip through southern India), and our steps return to northern India, a few months later.
After almost three weeks of scuffed asses and broken backs we want to lay down in one of the comfortable sleeper class berths of Indian trains! Instead, a second class awaits us because our waiting list ticket did not work out this time.
So, after paying on a train more than the rest of the train journeys of our entire trip in India have cost us, we travel over a thousand kilometers to Hyderabad. 26 hours of travel, not bad ... We are doing night and as we did not have enough we get back on another train, this time if it is sleeper class, to make us another thousand kilometers to Satna.
Ok now. But where are the tits and asses? That this is a post guarrindongo right? Well hey ... now they arrive, we went to visit the famous temples of the nearby town of Khajuraho ... full of erotic sculptures and sessssi 😛
And small temples! We have loved it! To us and to a few more Spaniards who walk around here. It is something that escapes us, why in some places you find yourself in a lot of Spaniards and in other places there is not one? Are we so perverted that we all come to Khajuraho attracted by the sexual scenes of the walls of these temples? Some will say that it is not that, that we only come to contemplate the perfection of the size, regardless of the message load ... jiji.
Well, the work is really exquisite! It reminded us a little of the sizes of the Chittorgarh tower, although these are much more suggestive and perfected. They are a series of temples, scattered throughout the town, most of them with scenes of mythological beings, in many cases performing the act (as our friend Amila del Yala Treehouse would say ... making, making ... fucking!) In postures of what more rare! (Some with horse included). We are going to do that ourselves and we end up calling the insurance, and see who explains that we have broken the hip imitating the scenes of Khajuraho!
The visit is almost mandatory for everyone who passes through northern India, and the town is tiny and very quiet. And the temples are in some little gardens where you can relax in the shade of the trees and take some nice walks.
The second day we rented some bikes and went to the other temple complex, less spectacular but also very interesting. For which we had to go through the old town, where most people live who do not engage in anything related to tourism, which translates into more authenticity, true smiles and happiness!
So much so that on the way back we ended up in a patio attracted by some songs and there we were lost! They were celebrating Holi (three or four days later) and we paid our curiosity with these faces! It was the youngest ones who dared to throw us and rub the dusts all over our faces.
Then back to the hotel everyone looked at us happy (or laughing at us rather) greeting us with the eternal "Happy Holy! ... Well, Happy Holy to all! We couldn't celebrate it in South India, but we had our particular Holy here.
USEFUL INFO
How to get?From Kochi to Hyderabad and from here to Satna by train. 26 and 22 hours respectively to arrive in the morning at Satna. From here to Khajuraho there are only 11 km we did sharing a tuctuc with an Indian couple, for which we paid ONLY 40 INR in total ... that is 10 INR each. I don't know how the kids negotiated.
Khajuraho has a train station 8 km away, we leave from here to Varanasi on the train at 11 p.m. To get to the station we paid 70 INR for the tuctuc, being at night charged us more.
Visit:The Indian couple with whom we shared a trip had planned to visit with tuctuc. INR 400 is charged for a full visit. But it is better to do it at your leisure, more than anything because there are two precincts of temples, within which it is not possible to go with tuctuc (besides they are all together) and it has to wait for you outside. In addition the most important site is 5 minutes walk from the downtown area, where all the accommodations are. The second enclosure is a little further, about 3 km. To arrive you can rent a tuctuc one way or take a bike. We pay 50 INR for the two bikes, a couple of hours in the afternoon. We rent them near the museum.
The entrance to the main enclosure costs 250 INR and the entrance also applies to the museum (only recommended if you want to enjoy some air conditioning). The rest of the enclosures are free.
Where to sleep:We did it at Hotel Shanti, there are rooms for 500 and 600 INR. You can negotiate and get for about 100 or 150 INR less.
Where to eat:There are many places on the main street. We recommend one on the top floor of a cybercafe. We do not remember the name. The place is quite shabby and it takes time to make the food, but it is very cheap and the food is very tasty. Besides, the boy is very kind.
