We have just left Omkareshwar
and we are now in Pachmari where there is a big national park we haven’t
visited yet. It has been getting quite cold as we are moving north and we have
needed to buy warm clothes. In
Omkareshwar the monkeys were very game, there were hundreds of them and
we couldn’t carry a bag or food without one of them getting curious or snatching
something. One of them tried to take the camera while dad was filming.
To get from Ajanta to Omkareshwar
, our 7pm train was delayed, and didn’t come until 12.30pm. During that delay, we
met an old man who spoke no English but had a chat to us for about 40 minutes
just presuming we all spoke Hindi. After he had come and gone, then come and
gone two or three more times for some more friendly conversation, all of a sudden, a young man jumped off an
express train going at 80 kms He went sliding across our platform and luckily he
only broke his ribs and cut his hand badly, apparently he jumped because the
train was not going to stop at his station. It’s probably how he gets home every day from
work and lives in the hospital.
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All these photos are of Omkareshwar, a pilgrimage town on the Narmarda River. The Hindu people think that this river represents the God Shiva.
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| We did a boat trip around the Island at Omkareshwar, down some rapids on a wooden boat. |
There are no cars in Omkareshwar, just lots of paths and lots of steps.
3 comments:
Hi Willow
you look very cool in the hat! Suggest you do not follow the recently set example and wait until the train stops.... Something we used to when I went to school but never at 80 kmh, back in the olden days we could open the doors on the trains and lean right out if we wanted (of course we never wanted to).
Love
Grandpa
I got a bit of an Indiana Jones vibe with you in the hat, Willow.
The places you are visiting are so beautiful.
Hope you're having fun.
J & J x
Omkareshwar looks beautiful! xxx Rachael
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