The excitement gets stronger when you find yourself wandering practically alone through a labyrinth of moldering mansions, small eateries and bursts of hibiscus.
Although he came from a background as an iron molder and union representative, he came to be seen as an enemy of organized labour because of these events.
Many more rolls of palm-leaf manuscripts remain uncollected, and are moldering in monasteries across the country without proper care as well as under attack by unscrupulous treasure hunters.