Rickshaw Driving Lessons in Hampi, Karnataka

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Feb 3 - 6

After the Yellamma festival, we were pretty exhausted and ended up just hiring a taxi to take us 5 hours to Hampi, the former capital of the vijayanagar empire and site of many beautiful temples and ruins. In the morning we woke up early to see the temple elephant, Laxshmi get her bath in the river. We ran into this guy Ramesh who we had met at the Yellamma festival. He was a young rickshaw driver in Hampi and he arranged a tour of the ruins with his friend Shiva who was an official guide. Hampi is a strange place - very chill and relaxed, but dry and the power would go out several times a day.

The evening after our tour we went out to dinner in Hospet with Ramesh and Shiva. On the way back to Hampi, I got my first rickshaw driving lesson. Jen and I are currently looking into purchasing one and traveling throughout the rest of India by auto rickshaw.

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Photos

Achyutaraya temple
School kids want their picture taken with us at Achyutaraya temple