http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Karnataka , Hampi en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:23:58 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:23:58 +0000 When you are traveling there are so many stories shared about where to go when and who with and how much. We had both heard so many good things about the magic and mystery of Hampi that we decided to get out there and have a little look ourselves. After the most relaxing week in Goa chilling on the beaches of Arambol we decided to leave our wonderful little beach hut nestled in the palms right o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-458732.html Friday Oct 30th Hampi KarnatakaThis morning was the first time in forever that we took a yoga class. It was different but not bad. Weird introductionhellip Whatever. We arrived in Hampi yesterday morning after a 14 hour bus ride. It was fun but also totally exhausting. It was a sleeper bus so picture this like a bus with a ton of bunk beds inside. Ok if you ever decided you wanna take a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-450434.html Hmmm was kann ich im Nachhinein zu Hampi sagen Wollte eigentlich gar nicht hin weil die Stadt als Touristenattraktion hunderte von alten Ruinen zu bieten hat hhhm klang erst nicht sooo spannend aber dann wow was fuer ein OrtDie Stadt ist halb von einem Fluss umrandet in dem sich die Bewohner waschen Waesche waschen Essen waschen Geschirr abwaschen und sonstiges waschen und dieser http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-448239.html wait a while to read my tour experiences http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-438668.html Hampi is a very cool little place indeed. Itrsquos famous for its ancient ruins and I thought we may have been headed to some predictable tourist setup a couple of kays away from some olllld shiz but not so. The locals here have literally set up shop school home etc. smack bang in the middle of towering mountains of the oldest boulders in the world and the richest archeological site in Ind http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-438181.html I had just two weeks left in India and was torn between whether to stay north and see more of the forts and palaces of Rajasthan or head south I'd met heaps of people who'd raved about the south and how different it was and I was keen to see it for myself. In the end what tipped it was probably visiting the fort at Kumbalgarh I really didn't think anything would be able to top it. But then as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-430453.html I managed to tag along with 3 German guys from my guest house on their sightseeing trip round the area. We all bundled into a small rickshaw and drove around most of Hampi's 26km2 of temples and ruins. We saw so many by lunch time we had had enough. The guys wanted to go to the Mango tree for lunch so I went along and had a delicious panneer massala curry. I came back to the guest house and litera http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-409312.html I traveled by night train to Hospet and then took tuktukrickshaw to Hampi. I wasn't sick during the night as i hadn't eaten anything for the last two days which was good as the train loo's are really dirty.When I got off the train I was askedhassled by about 20 people for a rickshaw ride to Hampi but I wanted to take the bus as it was about 10Rs instead of 150Rs. I arrived at about 9am in Hampi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-409311.html For anyone traveling Goa to Hampi do not get a bus We were told not to by other travelers and the travel agency that we booked with but had no other choice the trains all book up 2 weeks in advance.Firstly we had no aircon which we had paid for that wasn't really a problem but one of the drivers smelt like drink and didn't know where anyone was supposed to be sitting. That said and although http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-398828.html Hello everyone Given that we have now been in India for one full week I have decided it is time to get this travel blog up and running to fill you in on our adventures to date. Firstly for all of those who may not understand the RoBeeJenZa reference it is the nicknames of the four of us the brain child of one Miss Hanna Cravenwho are on this journey and who will be attributing to this blog http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-397701.html Goa fut un savoureux prliminaire la dcouverte de l'Inde du sud. Un cocktail de courage de soif d'aventure de curiosit fut ncessaire pour nous remettre sur la route aprs 14 jours d'arrt dans ce petit paradis. L'Inde du sud contraste nettement avec celle du nord. En plus de l'abondance de vgtation de rivires et de la faible densit de population en comparaison avec le nord les mervei http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-397443.html This time I didnt chose to revist the same places. I feel content with Vittala Temple. We hired bicycles and rode to Underground Shiva Temple Mosque area Mahanavami Dibba and Hazara Rama temple. You can do all these in a half day. They are all a hop away from each other and best doable by bicycles.Mahanavami dibba is beautiful. Huge landscape with a raised platform and every layer of steps upst http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-391052.html So a local bus took us from Hospet to Hampi a holy city declared patrimony of humanity. This is a city located in the middle of a huge amount of stony boulders that makes it look like a Flintstone movie set It used to be capital of some old Indian empire so itrsquos surrounded by ruins of temples palaces and statues that gives it a very interesting look. Hampi is a town divided in two by a ri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-386688.html Wednesday March 4th Squashed ourselves into a van full of backpackers like ourselves and headed to the airport. One kid who looked a little green and carried a freshly cut suit admitted hersquod been up all night and we were glad we hadnrsquot. Obviously Thai Airways experiences technical difficulties and we all have to get off the plane wersquod been sitting on for an hour. We arrived http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-384397.html The three musketeers set forth unto a new adventure.Well sort of new for some of us.In our absence Jasmine had visited a few places and decided that she liked it so much that she wanted to go back to Hampi with us. Were were really happy to hear that since it was definately on the top of our list of things to do and weren't sure how we were going to convince her to go back there with us.Things http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-382505.html 24th February 2009Our train to Hampi Hospet leaves from Vasco de Gama at 720am so we leave for the hour taxi ride at 530am. Wersquod had a pretty sleepless night Irsquod been awake since 300am. We eventually arrive at the train station via a moment of insanity from our driver who first took us to the airport After some confusion at the platform as to actually where we board the train f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-381026.html Our first stop after Mysore was Hampi a fascinating place historically geographically and culturally. The official reason people go to Hampi is to see the amazing and plentiful remains of historic structures. Much of southern India was ruled from here about a thousand years ago that's the very approximate time period. The area was once a big city complex and the wellkept remains of the ci http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-378798.html After spending longer than anticipated in Goa I realised that I only had about 6 days until my flight out of Chennai to Bangkok. My plan had been to go to Hampi and then down to Kerala right down south and then back over to Chennai but there was no way I could do Kerala with that amount of time so I decided to save that one for next time.I took an overnight bus to Hampi a standard 12 hourer http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-377791.html This is probably one of the coolest places in India an abandoned city covering 26 sqkm that you have all to yourself. The city was once the capital of a vast Hindu empire that covered the south of India and was devastated by a sixmonth Muslim siege at the end of the 16th century. Everywhere you look there are old bazaars temples and roads with not a soul to be seen it's as if you have discove http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-377714.html IndiaHmmm I am pretty slow at writing a travel blog. I did write a really really long one last week then bam the Internet fucked and I lost it all. This was some what energy draining and I haven't been able to face writing another one where to start in describing my experiences what I've seen how I feel what it is like here. Its some what overwhelming as it is all so different. And wh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-366606.html