Except before the much needed beer we had one more Jain temple to visit.
This one was rather more traditional in design.
There was a family of owls up in one of the trees but this was the best shot I could get.
Back into the centre of town and we stopped to have our picnic lunch on the top floor terrace of a rather basic restaurant. We then had a couple of hours still to spare before we left for the airport so Ian and I took a wander around town.
Turning a corner we came upon this guy who seemed about to kiss his camel.
As is often the case in India, the children and adults alike were delighted to pose for photos.
Another sugar cane crusher.
I was surprised to see such heavy kohl make-up on these young girls.
Khajuraho airport was quite small and very quite and despite all I'd ready about luggage being weighed and hefty excess fees being charged nothing of the sort happened. Once in Delhi our coach driver either took a wrong turning or didn't know where he was going and it took over an hour to get to our "aerocity" hotel which was literally 10 mins away. When we finally arrived it was a lovely hotel but the reception staff were completely inefficient and took forever to check us in - almost as though the booking was a surprise to them! As a result we barely had time to change before we were due to meet up in the restaurant for the last supper which somehow B convinced Deepti that Naturetrek should pay for (he'd been on many trips and said it was the norm). The food was buffet style and plenty of choice but the evening would have been much nicer if we could have sat altogether instead of tables for 4 (naturally we sat with B&L). The following morning we had to be at Delhi airport for a 10:00 flight and fortunately we were able to use fast track check-in etc. Sadly the lounge was closed due to a dispute between the airport and the lounge company so we were given vouchers to spend in a café - not quite the same but I knew before we left it would be the case. Once on the flight we were again treated like royalty by the Qatar stewardesses and the flight to Doha passed quickly. As we had a 5+ hour layover we invited B&L to join us in the lounge and spent a jolly time chatting with them and doing crosswords.
The final pictures are of the massive new rainforest atrium in Doha airport - had we been on our own I think we'd have explored the area a bit more but we were conscious of a long walk to the lounge.
Overall the holiday was brilliant; excellent value for money given that all food and flights were included but a very hectic schedule and the only real downside for us was the distinct lack of photographable wildlife.