I hear it’s snowing in England… no precipitation of any sort here. It’s still lovely and warm, but cool enough at night not to need the aircon (which is just as well, given the ballywhacking racket it makes!).
Yesterday, we went hiking up into the mountains, to see some impressive man made caves, from 200BC. THere was a festival going on by one of them, and thousands of pilgrims. Very noisy and colourful, and a bit smelly. We got stuck in a traffic jam next to the goat slaughterhouse. Most of the goats outside seemed pretty unmoved, apart from one who was being dragged along unwillingly by the foreleg (mind you, I’d have been unwilling if it were me!) Saw a chap skinning a goat, another disembowelling one – by that point, it looked more like meat in a butcher’s shop. He was very efficient when it came to looping up the intestine. I have no idea how my bladder held out, but it did, from 9am to 7pm….was I glad to find the loos at Pune station! We saw two sets of caves. The second was much nice.r Fewer people, less climbing, more rooms to explore.
Today I’m off to Sangam, to the Girl Guide World Centre (yesterday, Jo and I bought an Indian Guide uniform, to use in the Division. It cost 5quid for dress, hat, badges, name tags….).
This keyboard is a bit weird, but it’s taken me an hour and a half to find a functional internet cafe, although in the middle of that, I meandered into a very good museum. Wel. It was interesting. Marble statue of Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, a ‘nail art’ picture of George VI, Edward VII done in silk tapestry, models of ground nut oil plants, some very moth eaten looking african lions, an elephant’s skull, ‘useful items made of clay’, ‘artistic items from laquer’, relief maps, models of watering systems, lots of daggers, guns, knives, and posters inveigling one against the perils of alcohol abuse! Such a mish mash, and in ebony/sandalwood/all sorts of other wood cases. I rather liked it, and it cost the princely sum of 5 rupees (about thruppence).
Tomorrow I intend more museums, and a little light shopping. Perhaps a trip to the Poona club.
xxx
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sounds like an amazing trip..