Today was a very tiring day. We set off in the morning for Posh-potty-not (I'm serious! that's what it's called!) which is a temple/creamation site just outside katmandu. Upon arrival we hired a guide and set off into the complex. The first thing we encountered was burning people. Lots of them. They were dead, which was a relief, but my guide informed me that the temple I was stood next to used to be used for sacrificing live people as an offering to Kali, the hindu goddess of bitchiness. She's a bit like Xena warrior princess in the episodes where she turns bad.... Apparantly she eats babies or something. I think people worship her more as a precaution than out of reverence...something like "O hail Kali, goddess of darkness, you are the best, please dont eat my baby". She's actually earned herself the title "protector of children" due to the fact that appeasing her will increase your childs chance of survival by keeping it off her menu.... cheeky bitch. Ironically she is actually just a reincarnation of Parvati, who is really nice and lovely...

Most of the temple is devoted to Shiva, who is the most popular Hindu god in this area. I have to admit shiva is pretty cool. Once, Shiva tried to prove his coolness to his fellow God mates, Vishnu and.... umm, i forget the other one... but anyway, to prove he was the don, he got his dick out and made it grow into a pillar that streathed in both directions as far as the eye could see. He then challenged his mates to try and find the ends. They both set off, and when they came back, one of them addmitted that shjiva did in fact have an infinitely long willy, but the other, vishnu I think, claimed he had found the end! Shiva proved he was lying however, and they all laughed at him.

Shiva dick, as i may have mentioned before in my blog, is very popular here. I think Imust have seen over 500 "Shiva lingas" around the temple complex, most of them housed in their very own little temple. A shiva linga looks decidedly like a cider press. It has a round stone base, with a kind of spout, then it has a big "knob" sticking up out of the middle. It's supposed to represent male and female genetalia apparantly. So I supposed shiva's not such a lad after all, more of a hemaphrodite....

Lots of the temples have erotic carvings around the roof to "protect" the temple. By erotic I mean stuff like a woman getting taken up both holes whilst fellating another man and giving two hand jobs simoultaneously! Talk about multi-tasking! It truly is a "holy" experience.. hohohoho!

Anyway, back to more sombre topics. Burning people. Yes, It's very strange. I couldn't help feeling it was a bit sick, all these tourists standing round and gawping at someone elses funeral like it was some kind of freakshow. I was so appaled in fact that I decided to zoom out my handycam slightly as a mark of respect.... I have to admit that i couldn't help taking a photo of someone burning on a funeral pyre... Altho afterwards when I looked at the pic on my digital camera i was disgusted with myself and decided to delete it... not that I actually did delete it mind you, but at least I showed a slight bit of remorse for my callous behaviour! It's so hard being so self-righteous and at the same time so shallow.....

I'm in a dilemma at the moment. Selene leaves in a few days (sobs) and then I'll be back on my own again. So, should I head for thailand and lie on a beach, or should I buy a Hero Honda and go burning round the North of India with Danel. Selene has forbidden me to buy a motorbike, so that adds a bit more rebellious credabilty to the bike idea.... but still I can't decide..... I think I'll hire a bike here and see if I actually can ride it before I decide....

ok, 5 mins of political discussion before I go. Tony Blair is a cocksucking sonofawhore. George Bush and his weapons of mass corruption can kiss my bony butt. I've just been reading the online newspapers again. What the fuck is Donald Bumsfelt talking about! Cheeky fucker! "Oh yes, they might have destryoed them before the war....that's why we haven't found any...". Think about what your saying you dumn twat! Maybe the american public are so stupid they'll buy that as an excuse, but the rest of us still remember what you said before the war! A certain UN Resolution 1441 which stated that Saddam must destroy all his weapons of mass destruction or we'd blow him to hell.... well if he did, then how come we still blew him to hell??! Duh! I hope you all burn in hell for this your lying bastards! Right, glad thats off my chest. Time to go and take some more advantage of my priviledged western money........