River Ganges - Right Path - Through the Ruins -
Unlocking the Gate and Returning to the Quad Bike

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After leaving the building where you found the SECOND GATE KEY, you emerge back in the COURTYARD WITH THE LARGE TREE. Turn right and go around the corner of the building....

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...toward the gate with quicksand around the bottom. There are shotgun shells in the high alcove opposite the gate. Jump up to grab the ledge at either end where it's a little lower.

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Pull up, get the ammo, and drop back down.

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Return past the big tree, climb the greenish blocks in the corner, and jump into the opening in the stone wall ('5' on the map).

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Drop down on the other side into the OUTDOOR AREA WITH THE QUICKSAND POOL AND TWO GATES, where found a save crystal earlier.

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Drop into the hole behind the tree ('4' on the map).

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Follow the passage back to the L-SHAPED ROOM WITH LIT TORCHES AND TWO KEYHOLES. As you move from the narrow passageway into the main room, turn around to spot the 2 locks in the raised alcoves on either side of the Ganesha relief. Use the GATE KEYS in these locks to open the other large gate outside. (You can see it through the gold lattice window on the left.)

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Now go around the corner, past the lit torches, to the other end of the L-SHAPED ROOM. Go down the steps in the far left corner...

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...and and climb through the green opening to get back to the tunnel where you first entered the ruins ('3' on the map).

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Head down the slope to find the quad bike where you left it earlier.

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