Buhbaneswar to Konark, India

Heading on down the coast, we stopped in Bhubaneswar to give us a break from the train. We weren't expecting much from the town, but we found that it had beautiful temples with amazing bas relief. What a treat wandering through theses small streets and happening upon these treasures from the 8th to 11th century.
In other news...It was craziness getting our train ticket booked...the train station said that the train we wanted to take was booked for 2 weeks out (so we found out after 45 minutes in line), so we bought a ticket to somewhere closer (but still a 17 hour train ride because it wasn't express) putting us into the station at 1am. After all this madness, we talked to a travel agent in town and he was able to book us a ticket for the original train we wanted (at a 50% mark-up). Something about tourist quotas, some other rules and loopholes and possible bribes...we are utterly confused, but we got our trip!
So with the extra time, we went to a tiny town named Konark. Getting there was quite the journey...35 seat mini bus, 80 people. No joke! Sardines is an understatement. Not to mention the little boy that almost puked on me while he was trying to push his way through to a window. But the Indians made sure that us tourist got the first seats available and we were able to sit for about 1/2 the ride. They really took care of us. All was worth it. There is nothing in Konark except the exceptional Sun Temple. but this temple rivals Angkor. The relief were of amazing quality. Most of the carvings were taken from the Kama Sutra. They really had imaginations back then...some look like acrobatics.