Standing in front of a dream

From Mumbay we travel by train to Aurangabad. I love traveling by train, seeing the country pass by and meeting nice people. The landscape outside is just as the pictures in magazines you see of India, tinted in a golden brown. I always thought, that those were taken with a special filter. Even the leaves on the trees are not green, but with this dusty glow.

In Aurangabad we take a tour to the caves of Ajanta. The bus ride of only 100km is just scary. Many times you see a truck or bus coming your way on your side of the road, honking their horn and flashing their lights. Motorcycles are being pushed to or in the curb to make way. But every time it seems to fit.

When we enter the horse shoe shaped cliff where the caves are hewn into, I can't believe I'm standing there. This is a picture I saw a long time ago in National Geographic and I thought, 'I want to go there some day'. I didn't even know it was this place! It's magnificent and incredible what the monks have created there. All with simple tools. The caves are elaborately sculpted and painted. You just stand there in great awe.