A Good Setting For A Movie

Walked to the ashram the Beatles stayed at. It is in the hills, away from everything else. Totally deserted and dilapidated. The ashram used to hold 5000 people, now the roads and buildings are overgrown, with plants slowly reclaiming the property. No people, except for an Indian in a lunghi outside wanting Baksheesh for getting past the rusty "No Entry" sign at the entrance.

The old cobblestone meditation cells - that looked more like beehives - were still in tact. Underneath each pod was a small room, big enough to hold a bed, and a bathroom. It was dusty and damp inside, and we hoped that the concrete slabs that formed the spiral staircase didn't break off half way down. Sarita jumped back once, she had walked into a spiderweb. It was creepy, the whole ashram still had the residue of history left. For some of the houses, we needed a torch to explore more. Other buildings behind rusty arches still had some window panes left. There was a square with some sort of a sculpture in the center - even a red post box. A good setting for a movie, or a medium-format camera shoot.

The insects and wild birds (large birds) were screaming as the sun was setting. We walked back several kilometers in the dark, hoping that we wouldn't step into any cow puddings - so many beautiful and curious cows here.