Best name for a Restraunt....EVER!!

So we were driving down the streets of Bhubaneswar and we drive by the..

"Brown & Cream" shop..... I wish I got a pic of it!

So the state of Orissa is absolutely stunning. Its pretty much as rustic as you can get; Bananna/Coconut/Bamboo trees growing everywhere, rice fields, thatches roof huts, locals that speak only Orissan, sacred cows on the streets in a field of Hindu Temples. The city of Bhubaneswar has about 720 temples and about 90% of them are all Shiva (elephant god) temples.

We spend the first day touring around the city looking at all the old temples from the 4th century AD. I couldnt go into them becasue I'm not hindu but at this one temple a Hindu priest took me to the entrance and gave me a brieft explanation and chanted an ancient verse to me about the temple and then blessed me on my journeys... it was pretty cool.

The next day we drive out to the area of Konark where we saw the Sun temple (not the Sex temple as previouly said.. heh..and thats the temple in the picture you see above) This was unreal. The temple itself used to house a larger temple riht behind it that was twice as high. There are 24 wheels carves around the base (symbolizing 24 hours) and it looks like its being pulled by 7 horses (7 days per week.) When the sun hits the temple you can count by the minuite what time it is. Also in the larger temple (that doesnt exist anymore) there used to by this stone god that literally floated in the center. The temple had both magnonite stone for the base and roof which caused a gravitational pull and made the stone float. When the sun comes over the temple it hits a diamond on the forehad of the god which illuminates the whole temple. When the British came in 1903, they wanted to take the stone god which collapsed the whole temple....

Next we drove bown the coast to Puri where we watched the sunset and the moon rise on the coast of the Bay of Bengal and picked shells that came in from the Sea. I think out of all things, that was the most amazing thing I did. It was so peaceful and the sea was go grand it was just what the doc ordered.... on the way home we loaded up on goods in the town of Pippli and then came back to Bhubaneswar...

It was a steath mission there but totaly worth it.

Now I am back in Kol lounging and gonna catch up on a load of sleep. I crashed hard on the train last night but I could use a ton more....Tonight I am going to my Cousin Bula's house and then I am going to shop the rest of the time here. Everything is so damn cheap and I am going crazy. I do though, have a wicked tan going on... moreso