I would vet the photo album for this one before allowing the kids to see it, although you'd be amazed how many families with kids of all ages were being shown the temples by guides who described everything in graphic detail. In case you haven't guessed yet, this is the town where the Kama Sutra was born, in the sandstone temple carvings left by the worshippers of the god Chandra about 1000 years ago.

It's a nice little town, and the old town is particularly interesting for observing every day life. There are four castes in the village that are segregated by bumps in the road. It was a new discovery for me when this was pointed out. I visited a school in the town too and met the teacher who showed me around the cramped classrooms in which 200 children sit on stone floors. There is nothing else in the rooms, and the roofs have large holes. It was quite an eye opener.

I'm pretty much back on the normal tourist trail now, so there are more Westerners around. I have seen very few for quite some time now, so it's nice to find people to chat with about their travel experiences.

I must say that the one thing that lets this town down is the harassment from touts, shop owners, rickshaw drivers, etc. It is the worst I have experienced in India so far, and I've had to resort to my old trick of pretending I'm from Croatia or Portugal, and I can't speak English. It's the only thing that works.

But hey, the temple carvings are very impressive, and a trip here was definitely worthwhile. The details are very intricate, and it's great that something of this nature has escaped the Islamic crusaders who defaced many sculptures in centuries gone by. The temples lay undiscovered in the middle of the jungle for a long time, which helped preserve them from vandals.