We just got back from a week long excursion to Madyah Pradesh, a state in the center of India. First stop was visiting some Tantric temples. Much sexy time. It’s mostly a knee-jerk reaction from the Hindus to the Islam conservatism that was beginning to proliferate India at the time. They certainly don’t skimp on the naughtiness. Some of these temples have some pretty bawdy sculptures. Check out the video below.
After that, we ventured off to a tiger reserve to try our luck out on safari to see the beast in the wild. One jeep didn’t see any but I caught a glimpse of a baby tiger’s head poking out from behind a rock taking a little cat nap. Adorbs. My camera didn’t have a good enough zoom to capture the moment but trust me, it was oozing cuteness. After two days at the tiger reserve, we hopped on a sleeper train to head back to New Delhi. Indian overnight trains are really not the most relaxing environment but I managed to catch a few hours of sleep on the hard mattresses that attached to the walls with chains. Kinda felt like a mobile jail bed.
The rest of the week has been pretty packed. Hindi Midterm on Wednesday? Culture Midterm Thursday? Yup. Not to mention the final proposal for our Independent Study Project. Way to go SIT for organizing workload. Whatever. Doesn’t matter cause this weekend I’m going to Rishikesh to visit the Beatles ashram and soak up the vibes in Lennon’s meditation room. Then we get back on Monday and head out to Varanasi where I have four days of nothing but tablas lessons. Epic. More news to follow once I’m back next week!
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