Visakhapatnam December 13

On the fourth day, Tuesday December 13, we returned to Bhimunipatnam; Anja was not feeling well and stayed at the hotel. We first went to the Dutch cemetery to take some more photographs to use with yesterday's laser measurements to produce an overall plan.

Ilse taking photographs at the Dutch Cemetery

 We then went to the Hindu Narasimha Temple.

The Narasimha Temple

We then walked up the hill of Pavuralakonda from the temple to see the excavated early Buddhist site and the Dutch bungalow there. Along the path that Buddhist pilgrims would have taken are occasional footprints cut into the bedrock.

 

 An early Buddhist footprint

Some of the early Buddhist remains at Pavuralakonda

A reconstructed row of Buddhist monastic cells

 Ilse drew a plan of the Dutch bungalow, while I walked around.

Ilse with Medina and our driver taking measurements of the Dutch bungalow

On the way back to the Narasimha Temple, we passed by an isolated modern brick tower.

Ilse at the tower

The view to the north of Bhimunipatnam from the hill.

Afterwards we went to the beach for lunch and briefly visited a Mr. Peacock at an old house that we had briefly stopped at yesterday. At the end of the day we went to Mr. Roberts’ house to say goodbye.

We then returned to Visakhapatnam, and that evening Rani invited us to her home for dinner.