Back at the temples for round two!! Even before we reached any of the temples the new bike I had chosen got a flat tire. Lucky for us and also a bit dubiously there was a guy fixing tiers just down the road from where it happened. He patched the bike up and we were on way.
But this was a sign of how the day was going to carry on. Just as we reached the first set of temples we were going to visit my bike got another puncture! blurg. I decided that the tire could wait now that we had arrived. SO off to see the temples we went.
A dog that began following us around.
The dog pretending he was a statue.
the hoards waiting to take a snap with this famous bit of temple-tree combo.
our chance.
Having had our fill of banyans growing out of old temples we hopped in a tuk-tuk to take my bike to have it’s tire repaired for the second time today.
The lovely guy who did the job.
With the tire fixed it was temple time again but having wasted half of our day with bike repairs there was a lot of cycle-by viewing as we were keen to watch the sunset from the top of one of the temples on the opposite side of the park.
The race to sunset!!
It looks like everyone else has the same idea.
To get to the sunset spot you have to first walk up quite a steep hill for about 15 minutes. We managed to pass a large group of other sunset lookie-loos even though we took a break at this viewpoint and read the sign.
No matter how fast we could have walked there was a healthy line waiting for us one we reached the bottom of the temple stairs. Only 20 people were allowed up at a time and the heat was super intense. Even with the heat everyone is expected to dress modestly; shoulders and legs covered. Having missed out a view from the top of a temple on the previous day I was sure to bring some leggings and a top to layer on. It may have been respectful but man it was a bit sweaty!
Finally at the top!
A little shrine in the upper most part of the temple.
Views from the temple top down to the surrounding temple complexes,
We managed to find a little place to sit and face the direction of the setting sun and fan ourselves as we waited. Then it began.
We cut out the hoards of happy snappers in front of us but here’s our snap of them so you get an idea.
It was not possible to just sit and enjoy the sunset. If you sat the view you would get would be of some pushy armature photographers rear end. So we ended up standing with the rest just to take in the colours.
One of the best things about sunsets is that sometimes when you think they have ended, they haven’t. Even better in this case is that the park guards had begun clearing people off the temple so we ended up on;y sharing this view with a few hand fulls of people.
Happy dreams temples. We’ll see you tomorrow for our last day od temple adventures.
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