Greg O.
Google
I walked all the way up the stairs and to the temple, it's a long, hot walk, albeit with a view. the stairway has cactus growing all along the way, which I always thought liked the drier desert type areas, but that is why I go to such places, to learn new and unusual things. On the negative side, which i don't really like to bring up, there is a whole lot of trash lining the sides of the road, probably related to the fact that there is a picnic area, and i read it's a popular area for sunset viewing. It seems to me if they took it this far, they could take it all the way down, or have bins to put it in, because it's a hell of a lot harder to get after the wind has spread it all over, but that's just me being picky. Anyway, I suppose you can tell where the best place for sunset viewing is by the amount of garbage there is. Be aware that there is a ticket control area at the top of the stairs, which I had, luckily, but the guard was a friendly sort who I stopped and talked to and got some local info from. If you're in a hurry or not in good shape a motorcycle is probably the best way to get up here, but I never do things the easy way the first time. So, once at the top you have to go through the temple compound, and up another little hill to get to the very top, and the ancient temple under reconstruction. I will hold off on giving my opinion on the temple because as i said its undergoing reconstruction, and a lot was covered with tarps. But, nevertheless, the view was outstanding, and temperature and breeze was also. Oh, on the way back there was a goat kid in the rest house, which was different.
