I just wanted to share these photos from Ajanta because they came out so cool. They are from one of the last caves (#26). There was actually artificial lighting installed in this cave but the light was really low, and no flash was allowed. Flash would have been to harsh anyway. What I did was prop my camera against the jamb of a wooden door, and
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The Bhel Puri man at the bus stand @ the Ajanta Caves. After a long days field trip for the girls, the bhel puri walla sets up his portable stall right in front of the bus stand. Smart guy, he did some brisk business!
So the caves at Ajanta. For almost 1000 years they were "lost" in an isolated gorge in the arid dry countryside of Western India. Then in 1819 a British officer on a tiger hunt walked over the gorge ridge and "re-discovered" them. Could you imagine that parties surprise?
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