A Day at the Races

It was a "sunny" Sunday when we decided to attend the Pune Horse Races. Paul, myself, Molly, and our friend Oliver got all dressed up to go watch the ponies. We got lucky since Oliver was with us, he was able to talk us into the Lufthansa private party tent. We dined on sausages and Warsteiner for the afternoon.

Here we ventured out of the party to view the horses before placing our bets . . .

And they are off . . .

After losing the race, Paul, myself, Molly and Oliver pose for a photo.

By 5 o'clock, it was time to go home. Here is some traffic in downtown Pune we encountered on the way home.

The Ellora Caves at Aurangabad

No, this is not a photo-still from an Indiana Jones movie. But one of the many caves at the Ellora Caves in Aurangabad. There is a series of over a hundred caves carved out of the native rock to by the Jain, Hindu and Buddhist devotees.

Here is a photo of the exterior of one of the Brahmin caves--


Of course, I wanted to have a photo with this voluptuous lady . . .

And Paul with this big-bellied man! What is important to note is that all of these reliefs are carved out of the rock inside of the temple that was carved out of the mountain.

Buddha--
Molly and I pose with this vacationing Indian family.

A relief in a Buddhist temple that mixes Hindu and Buddhist beliefs in the picture.
The famous Buddhist "cathedral" cave. Note how the boning of the arches resemble the nave of a cathedral . . .
Here we are outside the cluster of Buddhist caves . . .
Elephants in relief . . .

Our day ends at the caves. This little chap is begging for bananas, but is too shy to pose for my photo.