Alicia here. Turns out the Buddhist Cave Art was more centered around Hindu mythology; the main cave being dedicated to Shiva with lots of cool wall relief panels. And even better, there were bats in the cave. (Cool, but slightly stinky.) The caves were at first home to travelling Buddhist monks, but later were applied in new and different ways. I was surprised to learn that these caves were entirely carved out of the rock - as in, there weren't any caves there before the people arrived. Wild! What a lot of work. Carving a cave without using modern tunneling equipment seems like an extremely laborious endeavor.
Our boat to the island broke down or something in the middle of the harbor, and as we stood dead in the water sloshing around like a bath toy, I wondered whether I would be able to swim to the nearest tanker. Just as we were about to drift right into the side of some kind of giant ship (perhaps an oil tanker)? They started the engine back up and it was back on course. Very exciting.
Today it's R&R in Mumbai - the train leaves for Delhi at 4:00, and this time we're riding in style - A/C car.