i took the 360 shot today. and hopefully when i get back paul will teach me how to paste all those snaps together and i will impress all of you to death. it was gorgeous. orange Sadu temple men, demanding money and i didn't walk in thankyouverymuch. but enjoyed the stone fish instead. and the other sadu feeding and singing to the monkey. those monkeys, climbing all over the temples. swinging around and the little ones are so curious. in the underground temple there were supposed to be snakes. and i looked my hardest but found none. only some minnows in the flooded rooms and channels. Vijinagara becomes more and more beautiful. and touristy. today there was a guy from Brown. "just decided to drive on over...traveling around for a year". so nonchalant. all i could think was rich snob, but really that's all i would love to do too after i graduate. not going to happen.
elephant stables. queen's bath. palace basements. hundreds of temples. Lotus Mahal. imagining what this city would have looked like in the 1500's is just beyond comprehension. the wealth accumulated here is crazy. Vijinagara: the birth place and capitol of the largest Hindu empire ever to exist. Paes was a lucky guy.