Orchha - The (apparently) lost city

Orchha, described as the 'lost city' by the guide book is, in fact, very much found. It's so found that one struggles to swing a stick without hitting a whitey. Although this kind of tourist concentration interferes with the 'lost world' and exotic feel of India it wasn't all bad. The temples were pretty wonder-tastic, exploding from amongst the rural housing, some covered in grass. It had a real Arabian Nights feel to it all which was nice.

We got woken up by the sound of Bollywood tunes at about 7.30 in the morning, got dressed, ate the last of our dry muesli and leapt outside into the cold Indian morning. It's strangely cold at the moment; I am actually wearing a jumper sometimes. I even got cold at night once. Anyway, the cold had brought along its friend, Mr.Fog, which made for a most magical morning of 'temple binging'. Orchha also wins the cleanest river in India award, sporting a fast running river with almost no rubbish in it. By Indian standards that is. I might even have been game enough to swim if it hadn't been so cold.

I found the most ridiculous drink the other day. It's a sweet lassi. I will leave you the recipe for your enjoyment. You may want to try this at home.

Sweet Lassi.

1 cup yogurt

2 tablespoons sugar

1/ Combine ingredients.

2/ Blend.

3/ Enjoy.

Unfortunately I have found my attempts to enjoy have proved fruitless thus far, although I will continue to endure.

Balcony on one of the palaces.

Money's in the fog. They were everywhere at Orchha. The guy at the chai stand would chase them away every now and again.

Junky sunset photo to melt your heart.

Its about a thirty metre drop to the ground. All I could see was fog when I leaned out the door.