rose's random rambly writings

In order to get there, you must walk up to more than 200 metres above sea level on a path that starts out good enough, but slowly increases more and more in width the higher you get and also gets filled with some strange animal faeces.
Or you can take a bus.
I opted for the path...
The first thing I had to do was decide on which way to go:

My well developed logic skills told me to go right, since that's where the temple was.

Next up was cursing the sun for starting to break through the wonderfully protective clouds. Walking up a hillside in the middle of the day in more than 35°C isn't the same as soaking it up on the beach... But once I conquered it, it was all worth it!
Here's looking back down on the path:

I won't bore you with lots of pictures from the ruins, but here are two of my favourites:
From the big temple:


And a fresco, still visible today. Can you see the foot?


That concludes this first peek into parts of my vacation.
Perhaps I'll get around to creating a photo album one of these days too...