Yogi Lodge, Khajuraho

So we left this crazy place for the land of temples with Kama Sutra
figures on it's temples!

Unfortuneately our train left 2 hrs late and so we didn't arrive in
Satna until 7pm when it was already dark. So we had a forced stop
there before carrying on our bus to Khajuraho.

Satna is a non descript place (nothing for tourists and prices for
hotels that match that) minimum hotel rooms cost 400 rupees, which was
even more than Delhi!

Next morning up early to catch the bus.

Khajuraho is such a laid back sort of place compared to anywhere else
so far in India. I guess as it was the smallest place we had been to
and it was great to finally escape the neverending beeping of horns
from every type of vehicle which you get so used to in any Indian
town, what bliss!

Yogi Lodge was nice and comfortable and again only cost us 150 rupees
per night with ensuite! We also discovered it had wifi so had the
chance to call Lizzie from the iPod.
They also offered yoga & meditation classes which James enjoyed in
getting in touch with his inner self. So much so that the yoga teacher
gave him a new name, Krishna. So from now on that will be my spiritual
name!!!

The temples were magnificent and the towns people were very friendly
but some of this friendliness was to get you to pay to see their
school or home. But the restaurant owners were very friendly as it was
low season (apparently it doesnt start until at least Nov & gets much
busier until March when it calms down again) and so were desperate for
you to eat there. And they were generous with the amount of food. On
numerous occasions at Safari Restaurant we asked for one hot lemon or
porridge and out came two! No no we said but he said don't worry this
is one!

We enjoyed relaxing there for a few days!

The bonus came that they have now opened a new railway station in
Khajuraho in the past few months (this isn't yet in any of the
guidebooks as it is too new!) It meant we could get a train directly
to Orchha on the 1230pm each day, much better than the noisy &
squashed buses.

They are apparently aiming to have direct train services from
Khajuraho to Varanasi, Delhi & Agra and vice versa making it much
easier to get to this nice town!