Palace in the sky

One of Asia’s major archaeological sites, this is truly an amazing experience. Built by Kasyapa (477-495AD) it could only have been built to satisfy the need of this king for power and attention. The story goes that he asked his father the king for his share of the kingdom and his father took him to a reservoir and gave him a handful of wter. He was not happy so he walled his father alive in his then palace. Now it is called the Lon's Staircase and I climbed right to the top!! It was surreal as I was the only one there. I could not imagine what it must have been like to live there or even how they managed to get up to the top.