Blogust #17 - Phoneposting 3 20:43 | 26-08-2026 | Wednesday Oh god, today its even worse tan yesterday, because I cant really sitt up in my berth fully and also cant see my keyboard because it doesnt have backlightinh. So I csnnt see what keys I am hitting, or whats letters I am prducing (because of the bug where the neocities editor scrolls me up to the top of the page everytime I htpe a letter), and I am doing this while sort of lying down. This amount of dedication to blogging is simply unprecedented :') So today I was in the city of Tanjore (Thanjavur), and I saw one of the oldest temples in the country. Brihadeshwara temple. It was built in 2nd century AD by the Chola king Rajaraja I (fantastic name by the way), and is considered the finest example of the Chola archtectural style. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The temple was actuallly very impressive, esecially for the age in which it ws built, with none of the modern construction methods available. Each towering pillar was a monolith that was carved out of large granite hill by making regular lines of holes on he hill face and then inserting wet wood sgafts that would cause the hill face to crack in a straight line. The stone sculptures were so intricate that they even had holes in the stone only milimetres across, made without the use of drills. It was all quite cool. Now I know I promised pictures but you must forgive me for the delay, I simply dont have it in me to go through that kind of torture. I will see you all soon and (hopefully) with the Blogust badges designed. Toodles! Love, Aeish <3