ok, the Pune days of unlimited internet and a laptop are over. back the old net cafes.....
Well, I have so much to tell i dont know where to start, so i guess I'll start from the beginning.....

I left Pune once again with the shits! Why?! Why does it only hit me when I have a long bus ride?? Anyway, I survived the bus ride and got to Aurangabd, which is where I am now. After I arrived, I was feeling very sorry for myself cos I felt shit and for the first time since flying out here I was alone again.... I almost decided to just go to bed (it was about noon) but then kicked myself into gear and set off to see the Ellora caves. As soon as I left the guesthouse I was put in a good mood, as almost everyone under the age of 20 stopped to shake my hand and say hello! So I reached the bus stop, and got on a bus, and made friends with the only other foreigner on the bus (in fact the only other foreigner I'd seen at all!) who was japanese guy called mitserui. So, Once again I was only alone for about 20 mins!!

We wen't to the Ellora cave temples, and my god, they are out of this world. Imagine something the size of St Pauls Cathedral, but carved out of the side of a cliff, from one single piece of rock, with the most ornate carving ever.... It took 7000 monks 150 years to build just one temple, and there's about 30 of them. Go figure....!!! And this main temple was built all in honour of Shiva's dick! I kid you not!! In the main internal room of the temple is a big phallic thing which represents shiva's knob, and ppl come for mile just to give it a rub! It's a funny old world.... I took photos. but I dont think they really do it any justice....
So then me and my new found friend, after having to pose with numerous indian tourists for photos (this happens a lot!), went back to Auranagabad to get dinner. At the restaurant we met The german ozzie guy travelling with his daughter who i met In Panji in goa! It's a small world.....

So, today was the hindu festival of Holi. I was warned not to go out before 12 noon, cos all the indians have been up all night drinking, and they canm get a bit rowdy, so at abt 12, I put on my worst clothes and headed out with mitserui. Everone that passed us was covered in brightly coloured paint! It was crazy. Pretty soon a group of guys came over and started covering our faces in paint, and soon after we were pulled into a dancing throng in front of a shop and not allowed to leave until we had danced to at least 10 hindi songs, all the while getting more and more covered in paint! Of course I had to get on equal terms with these guys, so i went and bought myself a bag of paint powder and covered veryone I saw with a beautiful blue! :) After dancing a while, getting covered in even more colours, and shaking hands with everyone prtesent at least 20 times, we managed to escape by promising that we would be back in a mo..... Back at the guest house, we took some photos and later went to wash. This is when i discovered that the pink paint stains your skin and wont wash out! So now i look like I have a bad case of Sunburn, if a very patchy one......

Anyway, it was the most fun I've had in ages, and ppl who say you should stay indoors and lock your doors during holi should be locked up permanently! Boring buggers! :)

Anyway, I better go, misterui is waiting for me.....

laters... :)