This morning we walked up with Bobbi through a jungle on the outskirts of his resort to see some cave paintings! Some of the paintings were huge, and many were small paintings depicting what looked like men and goats. Some were so high up on the rock, a type of scaffolding must have been used in their creation.
After our walk we ate breakfast and headed off to a natural amphitheater to check out more cave paintings. There were more paintings of men, and a big painting of a cobra. I wandered off in hopes of finding more, braving my way through the tall grasses and doing my best to climb around on the big boulders.. but no luck! I guess when the villagers say there are no other paintings.. they would know.. but it was an adventure anyway and I didn't encounter any cobras.
After checking out the cave paintings, we drove down to the river crossing junction (near the center of town), crossed with a boat, and spent most of the afternoon in town. I bought a lightweight colorful backpack, since my shoulder bag has been making me feel a bit lopsided trekking around in, so I was happy when I found an Indian Gypsy selling exactly what I needed! Indians call the nomadic people of India, gypsies. They are easily spotted in a crowd because of their brightly colored sparkly dresses. They tie long pieces of fabrics around their heads, wear huge golden rings on their noses, clanky jewel filled bracelets up and down their arms, as well as several anklets per ankle. Caked with jewelry from head to toe, its hard to look away. I was so close to asking the lady if I could take a picture of her. But I withheld.
The tourists are beginning to flow in with the change of the season. Monsoon season has officially ended, and the start of a dry winter has begun. So much for the winter part, because today was well into the 90's and by far the hottest day yet since I've been here.
We checked out a local bookstore and a cafe. The power went out for a bit and sitting in the middle of town in a cafe was almost unbearable with the heat. The monkeys made their way into town today and it was so depressing to see them scrambling the streets for food, and being so quickly shooed and chased away by the locals.
Even though, yesterday was the first day that they sneaked into mine and Ameli's room at the resort. They stole my underwear and Ameli's basil and herbal supplements. They didn't make it too far because we found all of the stuff, scattered out of the window.
But, it was more funny than anything else. Much rather have the monkeys around then not. They are way too cool to see everyday.
After our town trip we met up with our friend we made the other night at Bobbi's fire pit music gathering. Gali, was his name, and we visited him at his drum shop where we had a quick cup of chai tea before heading out. It's something to get used to is hot beverages on a hot day!
When we made it back to the resort Ameli packed her things and we said our goodbyes for now. She has some business to take care of in Myesore.
Rico and I ate some dinner, and called it a day.
Right now it is 930 and I am exhausted. We have an early day tomorrow because Rico has taken on a job from Kartik (a man who runs a foundation for rescuing wildlife in India, he is currently expanding on some wildlife reserves for the animals and is seeking some permaculture expertise to create some sustainable ponds for the animals, www.wildlifesos.org- he is currently looking for people interested in helping out!) and we are going to map out some wildlife land tomorrow. We are going to try to go before the afternoons pounding heat starts to kick in, but we will see how it works out.
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