Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Elephanta caves

Today we made a trip to Elephanta Caves which are on an island close to Mumbai.


To reach it we took a ferry pretty much like the ones we were taking in Turkey some years back:


departing from the Gateway of India, which is just opposite Taj Hotel (you might know it for being attacked by terrorists in 2008) - two main highlights of Mumbai:



After one hour trip along the cost we reached the caves. They are full of sculptures devoted to the lord Shiva and made 12 centuries back. My camera couldn't capture them properly as it's quite dark inside and the walls are not illuminated. So the picture is taken from web:




That's how it looks like from outside:



Luckily we join a nice guide who was making a private tour for a couple from the US. We dared to ask for permission to join and it wasn't a bad move! Otherwise the alternative option was to hire a local guy in a baseball hat which looked rather suspicious than academic and I wouldn't rely not only on his knowledge, but on him in general. So if you ever end up there - make the right choice :)

1 comment:

  1. LOL @ "...hire a local guy in a baseball hat which looked rather suspicious than academic..."

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