Blogs from Hampi, Karnataka, India, Asia - page 5

Karnataka We stop by Bangalore on our way to Hampi (only briefly - it is not a nice place - it's a big dusty noisy and unappealing city, we arrived at night and left immediately the next day!!) The bus journey from Trichy to Bangalore is 8 hours. We took a private company KPN. The rickshaw bring us to a recommended place (by him).Some rickshaw drivers can be trusted but you have to get lucky. Most will recommend a hotel who will give them a commission for bringing customer and you will see the price of your room increase! Bangalore is just a short stop for our next destination: Hampi. 16/08 to 22/08 : Hampi We embarked on Hampi Island (Viripur Gadi) to settle down at Shanti Guesthouse for few days before moving to Shiva Guesthouse ... read more

We set out for Hampi from Bangalore on Day 3, but had to split the journey into 2 days due to significant traffic in Bangalore (yes, much worse than in Bombay and Delhi) and some rickshaw trouble that we wanted to resolve before moving ahead. Our hotel was in the "outskirts" of Bangalore, but we still took about 2 hours to get away from the city traffic. Once outside, we ran into some car issues that took away the rest of the day. Thankfully, we got a rickshaw mechanic that fixed up our ride to as good as new, and we covered the distance to Hampi on Day 4. It was interesting to see the changing landscape through the drive, starting with closer to tropical in Bangalore, dry desert-like landscape as we passed through the heart ... read more

14 mars 2012, Hampi, Karnataka Happy Holî !! Encore endormis et endoloris de notre brève nuit en bus, on débarque en plein centre d’une allée de ruines bordée de palmiers, centrée sur un énorme temple digne de quel film cette fois-ci ? Je dirais… Indiana Jones! Après que mon Indi à moi nous ait sauvés des sauvages chauffeurs de rickshaw en les envoyant cavalièrement promener, nous nous sommes dirigés à pieds vers le mystérieux village de Hampi. La ville baignait déjà dans une atmosphère de fête à 8h30, les enfants courant dans les ruelles avec des bouteilles d’eau colorée et nous regardant d’un air espiègle… En poursuivant nos recherches de Guesthouse, on nous a gentiment recommandé de rapidement se loger et de se nourrir avant 10h, avant que tout soit fermé, faute de devoir aller fêter! ... read more

The stunning city of Vijayanager is the capital of the destroyed Vijayanagara Empire is a showcase of fine medieval Indian architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was around 26 square kilometres and was encircled by seven levels of defensive walls many of which can still be seen. Our guest house is located within metres of the older temples on Hemakuta Hill, which we visited immediately after Virupaksha Temple, which dominates the small village and traveller enclave of Hampi Bazarre. I particularly like the older temples dating from the 9th century strewn amongst the boulder dominated terrain. We visited a number of smaller temples many of these were dominated by large effigies of various gods including Ganesh, before striking of down a dirt track with the plan of looping back around to some of ... read more

Hej igen! :) Endelig fik jeg bevaeget min numse vaek fra stranden. 3 uger i det fantastiske Goa, en uge mere end forventet. Det sted er farligt! Man bliver fanget i dets skoenhed. Derudover havde jeg noget lidt skroebeligt helbred i nogle dage, saa jeg blev ved med at booke en togbillet og saa ikke bruge den. Men det lykkedes til sidst, og nu befinder jeg mig i en af de smukkeste byer jeg nogensinde har oplevet. Vi ankom igaar efter en syv timers togtur fra Goa, oestpaa til Hospet, og derfra en tuctuc tur paa 20 minutter til Hampi. Togturen var ret fantastisk og smuk, rejsende paa sleepers class - et trin over generalclass, hvor alle bare sidder paa skoedet af hinanden. Vi havde en slags seng og masser af plads, pengene vaerd naar vi ... read more