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Year View| Summary| Highlights| Month View| Tuesday 28 November 2000 (Day View)
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28.11.2000 – Tuesday 28 November – Puri – Konark
- Morning
- • I got up early and caught a bus to nearby KONARK. Unfortunately, it cost $US10 for foreigners to get into the temple, which is simply ridiculous, so I looked from without. Apparently, it rained back in Puri while I was away, and everyone is telling me stories about floods and devastation down south.
- Midday
- • I returned to Puri, had lunch, and worked out some train times.
- 3pm
- • It began to rain, amidst all the news of big floods, closed railway lines, drownings, and storms. People are telling me I could be caught here for a while before the rail lines open again, which didn’t bother me too much, so I lit my mosquito coil, dozed, and slept for a while, as it rained for a few hours. After the rain, I went for a walk down the beach, where it was nice and clean and peaceful – lonely even. There is something about the ocean, I nearly felt lonely.