Orchha

What better way to start off the morning than a stroll in the local ancient temples?
It seemed like every corner I took there was a better picture, more stunning architecture and greater temples to explore. It was nice to just walk around hear some stories of the temples and take a load of pictures. There was a section of the temple where the ancient king of Orchha had all his 7 concubines rooms lines up next to eachother, 7 concubines for 7 days of the week. Each room had a secret passage that ran throughout the walls that the king could manouver his way through to each room... Really classy!
Later in the day we got to enjoy a river rafting tour down the river. Although the rapids were fairly tame we got pretty soaked on a few of them but it was after our raft war where we got drenched. The scenery all around us was breathtaking with temples all around us in the distance. There was a section of the river that was really calm and we all got to jump out and float for a bit. The water was clean and quite warm which was great for enjoying just laying back and letting the lifejacket do all the work. We were treated to some nice hot chai when we got off the boats and were able to sit and soak up a some of the heat.
The rest of the day i hung out with the 2 other young single girls, browsing through the markets, meeing shop vendors and sitting down for some drinks. It was actually quite funny, the girls found some sandals identical to the ones i bought in Jaipur for 100 rupees and they wanted to buy a pair. The girl here was asking for 500 rupees. I told him that i knew he was scamming them because i bought mine for 100 and kept on argueing with him, getting mad for trying to cheat them out so much money. He gave in after we started to walk away, seling them for 150 rupees and inviting us into his shop for Chai and giving us free kepchains telling me not to tell any of the other tourists about his scam.

I feel it like i should share a little about one of the older guys on my trip. From day one i think we all knew that this guy was gonna be a handful. Roger is here with his wife who is malasian Indian, but is really out of his comfort zone. Apparently he cant drink bottled water because there isnt the essential minerals that he needs to keep alive and well so he carries his own personal water purification with him. He complains about all this health issues claiming he has diabetes yet when we asked him which type he responded with " the type where you dont need to take that stuff", yes y stuff he meant insulin... He has such a weak stomach that he cant eat group up normal pepper so bugs each restraunt about this. When we were on the cramped train, not in an immediate rush he pushed his way infront of an old Holy man and sent him flying on the seats behind him, we yelled at him and he only turned around and kept walking.. He is quite the Character and we are started to put him in his place because he is just so inapropriate..

Anyways i am off to a cooking class and spending the night on a sleeper train which will be interesting. After that i will spend a night sailing on the holy Ganges river. Cant wait!