Agra to Khajuraho

Sunday, 20 September 2009
Jackie Lallier wrote: "Upat 5:45, breakfast at 6:15 and we left at 7:00 to ride 225 kilometers (2-Yz hrs.) on the train to Jhansi. India has the 5th largest railroad system in the world (we also saw a cow on the tracks). We were given food & water and after arrival, transferred to our bus to the Alipura Palace outside Lak Shmee where an 1857 fight against the British took place (the first fight for independence - the British called it a revolution) where we had a wonderful lunch and enjoyed blind musicians playing "Brazil" .
Then we went on our way to Khajuraho, seeing lots of flowering teakwood trees in the countryside and enjoyed soothing Indian music on the bus. We stopped at a farm to see where the oxen were working to bring up water from the well. We also saw lots of small temples in the countryside and observed people walking down the highways carrying colored flags. They were making a pilgrimage (sometimes 200 miles) to atone for their "sins". At 4:30 we came into Khajuraho and had a good dinner with Kingfisher beer. "