August 4 - India: Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

Today we had another Day of Rest.  We both woke up feeling like hell, and Jon was running a fever last night.  So we woke up around 8:00, then fell asleep until 10:30.  We lay around in bed, coughing, sneezing, and passing the tissues back and forth.  Then Jon motivated for us to get out and go to lunch.  We also needed to stop by the American Express here to get traveler's cheques.

Khajuraho

So we got a taxi from the front of the hotel, and went in search for the AmEx office.  Khajuraho is a little, itty-bitty town, but the AmEx directory listed an office in one of the hotels.  Unfortunately, it's not there anymore.  After a bit more searching, we found the office and it was only a travel office and did not have travelers cheques.  So we went to lunch at a restaurant called Delhi, which overlooked some of Khajuraho's beautiful temples.

Our Rooftop Lunch

After lunch, it was about 2:00 and we toyed with the idea of crossing the street and visiting the temples.  But we were quite drained from the outing and the heat.  We went back to the hotel and slept for about 3 hours.  Then we spent the rest of the time playing Gin Rummy and ordered room service for dinner. We also ate chocolate chip cookies, which Jon says we're allowed to eat because we're sick.  If we were in the U.S., we would eat chocolate-covered doughnuts from D'Agostinos but there seems to be a shortage of them here in India.  So we've settled for choc-chip cookies.

Greenwood Hotel

We're staying at a hotel called the Greenwood Hotel, and it's practically brand new.  It's right across from the Khajuraho Airport, which is really a one-strip airstrip from where our flight leaves on Monday.  The hotel is about 6km outside of Khajuraho, but it's very, very clean, the air conditioning works like a charm, and I'm pretty sure we're the only clients here.  So the entire staff is devoted to our well-being and they are quite concerned that we're not well.  Ravi, at the front desk, has already called and offered to fetch a doctor for us.  But we said that we'll be fine, we just need to sleep.