This morning we went down for breakfast..and talk about unorganised..I sometimes wonder how these hotels survive.. All the tables were laid with spoon & fork only..they had to go hunting for a knife, Next there was no banana so I settled for jam..hang on no Jam either. It was finally found in the back of one of the cupboards..High point was you only had to feed the toast through the toaster twice instead of three times like we are used to...
We were on the bus at 0800hrs, no Ray & Maggie today as Ray is sick with the spews .. God I hope it's not catching.. So 14 of us ventured out. We picked up a local guide and nobody could understand him..so I plugged in my audio book. Today we were off to Anantara Caves. They are about 2 1/2 hours fro Aurangabad. It was a nice drive as it's different countryside, lots of farming and small villages along the way. They grow cotton, onions, sugarcane and corn as well as some other stuff. The women are always busy in the fields. The men you mostly just hang out, not many seem to work in the fields. The cities names that end in Bad are Muslim communities the ones that end in Er are desert towns.
Arriving at the caves we got smashed by hawkers, it took awhile to shake them free, we caught a transfer bus up to the caves and then it was a stair climb along the side of a valley. 
Of course Liberace & Mary Poppins had to get a Sedan chair each, then he told us he was paying them double ! (Tool comes to mind)
These caves are UNESCO world heritage listed. They were discovered in 1819 by an Englishman, John Smith. They are supposed to go back to 100 BC . There are 26 caves in total and they were used as Buddhist temples and monastery's . There were some small ones and some large ones, inside there were carvings and pillars all carved out of the Volcanic rock. One of the caves was incomplete so we were able to see how they were carved. There is still artwork on the ceilings and the walls..just amazing. The carvings and the paintings tell the story of the Buddhist monks. We didn't go into all the caves, probably halve.. 
After the last one we made our way back to the restaurant for some lunch, on the way we saw some monkeys with babies, then we came across the hawkers and there was one chap slicing fresh pineapple so I paid him 70 rupee and he sliced it then wrapped it in Newspaper for me to eat from..it was lovely. Outside the restaurant was another dude selling snacks, like that Burji or whatever it's called, also sold in a Newspaper cone. It was good too.
Lunch was more of the same crap although I got Vishel to add chips and they had a small bowl on the buffet, they also had like a fried battered Veg of some sort which was good, the drinks were icy cold too.
When we left we had to walk through the stalls of souvenirs at the same time as being harassed by hawkers, we were nearly at a sprint by the time we got to the bus.
We mostly slept all the way home. Party tonight in Vishels room, he will ply us all with Indian Rum again.
I did forget to mention last nights dinner which was pretty good and a tad different. They served us chicken & Veg soup which was like Chinese style and very tasty. Followed by Chicken done 4 ways on a skewer that was a hit, then a stir fried Veg also a hit.. it went downhill after they bought out the Dahl... Dessert was chocolate ice cream with some wafer noodle things.. Everyone was also pleased with the drink prices.. Things are way cheaper in the country..