Yesterday we had made the plan to get up very early so we could rent some bicycles and follow a 12 km nature trail on the other side of the river. All started well, we got up very early- to see the sunrise over the river from our room- and we were able to find the Raju Bike’s where we rented bikes for about 70 cents per day (no deposit).
With our bikes we headed out to the nature trail –crossing a bridge- which is not that easy when a truck approaches from the other side and is more of less the width of the entire bridge. But we managed. It was amazing to see so many people washing themselves and their laundry in the river at 8 am.
After arriving at the national park we noticed that the ticket booth was closed. Nevertheless we continued on the road until we saw a sign suggesting legal action to people entering without tickets. After a quick retreat we continued to see the local market, the Raj Mahal palace grounds and Didi’s café established by an Irish/Indian couple where we had breakfast. Martijn has his first decent cup of coffee in India.
We hopped on the bus and headed out to Khajuraho.
With our bikes we headed out to the nature trail –crossing a bridge- which is not that easy when a truck approaches from the other side and is more of less the width of the entire bridge. But we managed. It was amazing to see so many people washing themselves and their laundry in the river at 8 am.
After arriving at the national park we noticed that the ticket booth was closed. Nevertheless we continued on the road until we saw a sign suggesting legal action to people entering without tickets. After a quick retreat we continued to see the local market, the Raj Mahal palace grounds and Didi’s café established by an Irish/Indian couple where we had breakfast. Martijn has his first decent cup of coffee in India.
We hopped on the bus and headed out to Khajuraho.
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