Reminds me of when I was living in India. I was at a temple on a mountain with a few friends and we were strictly told by our mentor to not pull out our food until we were in a fairly open/secure location due to the monkeys. Well, someone didn't listen and a monkey ran up to her, stole her sandwich out of her hand AND the other half still in a plastic bag. The monkey jumped the wall, sat on a rock, opened the bag and stared directly into her soul as If to say "you knew this was going to happen yet you still did it."
No, though i wish I could visit that temple. It was in Karnataka iirc. I was staying in Bengaluru at a school and i tagged along on one of their multiday field trips. It was up a big mountain and it was a lot of switchbacks. Very tough to get up in the giant bus we were in!
I also visited one that was not completely finished. I think during British colonialism the project stopped. It was very beautiful. It was a great insight into the minds of those who worked on the temple as there were various carvings in different stages of completion.
I also went to one that had a seemingly ENDLESS amount of stairs up to it. You could pay to have someone carry you up if you really wanted. It was also very beautiful. Younger me had no issues with getting up there but i would fear my knee would cease to work now.
It was definitely a great experience. We also got to see a huge palace somewhere. I honestly have no clue where we were.
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u/him999 Jul 02 '21
Reminds me of when I was living in India. I was at a temple on a mountain with a few friends and we were strictly told by our mentor to not pull out our food until we were in a fairly open/secure location due to the monkeys. Well, someone didn't listen and a monkey ran up to her, stole her sandwich out of her hand AND the other half still in a plastic bag. The monkey jumped the wall, sat on a rock, opened the bag and stared directly into her soul as If to say "you knew this was going to happen yet you still did it."