After a 4 hour drive, we arrived in Khajuraho, which is home to the famous Kama Sutra temples. The main temple is a UNESCO world heritage site. The architecture is unlike anything I've ever seen, but the carvings of orgies and sex positions cheapen the experience a little (I think). It's tough to regard a building as sacred and holy when there are carvings of women with D cups contorting into impossible sexual positions. Not to mention the carving of the soldiers having sex with a horse and masturbating.
There's not much else going for Khajuraho. It is pretty small and dirty. Definitely just a day stop, which is exactly how we handled it. At 11pm, we hopped on an overnight train to Varanasi.
(As a side note, I'm not really sure why I chose to visit Northern India. The entire area basically reminds me of a Mexican border town. Of course, there have been beautiful sites and interesting experiences, but it's definitely not a stop for someone looking for a relaxing couple weeks. The intense overcrowding and absurd overuse of horns is tough to get past.)
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