In case you're wondering who you took this picture below. And no, it wasn't a local jungle spirit:), but our guide. A sweet little man who could only speak a handful of English words, but was very friendly and smiley all the way. We passed this man's house on the way to our destination 9which I should explain was a new Jain temple that was being built on the very top of the mountain and was about 7 kms away from us), so he asked to come in. This was quite a sight...this little building consisted of four, poor-put together, walls, with no windows, no running water, no electricity, no gas....I'd imagined a 16-century (poor!) dwelling to be something like this. Inside was the man’s young wife dressed in customary bright pinks and silver, holding a tiny baby in her arms, sitting on the floor of earth. Next to her were two other of their small children. There was also a cow and some chicken outside of the house. The man seemed quite proud of his house and his wife (Jonathan dutifully said: 'your wife is beautiful':) which made the experience though quite beautiful, if melancholic.
We are having a snack break (the guide offered us some home-made lentil bread. very tasty by the way!) Look at this view.... and if only you could also hear it...such quietness with only occassional bird's sounds and far-away monkies' cries.
In case you can't see it easily - the mum-monkey is breast-feeding her baby-monkey. When we got to the top of the mountain there were lots of monkeys!
And puppies...:) some blond, some pink:):)
And no, we didn't get to see the Jain temple. It was about a km away from us and we were too knacked by then. The jorney that matters, not the destination!:)
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