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Published: April 11th 2012
Modified tools for the drive
Cheri's driving "gloves" (thank you united 1st class for those free socks)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 of Karnataka, to the boulders in Hampi. We plan to drive around Hampi tomorrow to see some of the ruins, and then head to Hyderabad.
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Dave
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Great pics! Keep it up.
And I appreciate the MacGuyver'ing you are doing.