Blogs from Hampi, Karnataka, India, Asia - page 16

Hampi is a land of ruins, once ruled by the great Vijaynagar empire ( Krishnadeva Raya and likes ), an empire of wealth and treasure. Situated in Karnataka, a southern state in India, it is one of the most visited tourist site for foreigners. You get all types of accomodation here, from Rs 100 ( $ 2.5 approx ) to Rs 4000 ( $ 100 approx ) per night. It is better to stay at Hampi bazar because of the proximity to the ruins rather than staying at places nearer to the Hampi station. The place has 3 principle attractions - historic ruins, temples of great importance and bouldering rocks. Cycles are available at Rs 30 a day, mopeds at Rs 150 a day and motorcycles at Rs 200 a day. The best is to hire ... read more

Yeah Girls & Boys, Ladies & Gents ... Time is running out, still some days to burn in India before heading Nepal. Now, sh... looots of things happened during the last days, time for an update. We heard the weather in Germany is pretty bad, don't be sad, even if the grass seems to be greener on our side, the moscitos do like India veeeery much too. Dunno if there're more moscitos or indians .. Nevermind, we're currently staying in Hampi, a very ancient temple area, eveything lookes pretty ruined. It's hard to find word to describe the beauty of that piece of land, try to catch it from the pix. Before we landed here, we had the chance to join a traditional temple festival in a small village nearby Palakkad. Main attractions were elefants and ... read more

We arrived in Hampi by sleeper bus from Goa. The journey took 8 hours and as we paid a bit extra for 2 tickets on the bus with beds rather than just reclining seats we thought we would at least get a bit of sleep and be traveling in relative comfort but we were wrong. The bus seemed to have been just gutted completely and MDF compartments for 2 had been knocked together and a mattress thrown in. Every time the bus turned a corner, Hannah and I would be flung from side to side in our rickety old compartment with fears of being thrown out into the aisle. I had high expectations for Hampi because so many people we have met have said that it is their favorite place in India and the minute we ... read more

Idemo lokalnim autobusom u Hampi kroz neku polupustinju.Prvi put se susrecemo sa najobicnijim Indijskim selima, jad beda veca nego ikad. Onda iznenada oko nas pocinu ostatci stare civilizacije Vijayanagara. Zidine, Templovi, i to sve u nekom neverovatnom ambijentu razbacanih stena granita, koje izgledaju totalno nestvarno. Da sam to video kao scenografiju u nekom filmu rekao bi da je fotomontaza. I da bi sve bilo bolje sve je ispresecano recicama oko kojih se formirala prava dzungla palmi i drugih rastinja. Mozda bi najbolji opis ovog mesta bila igrica Zuma, ko je igrao moze da zamisli. Stizemo u grad (ponovo naseljen grad na ostatcima starog naselja) i ono uobicajena frka oko nas, dal treba riksa smestaj, taxi, vodic, daj rupee, dolar, olovku.... bilo sta. Nadjemo smesdtaj za nekih 200din zajedno, ikrecemo u glavni Temple po blagoslov od svete ... read more

Although this one is much different, to say the least. Hampi, which I mispelled Humpi before (I read it written that way once, and assumed that was correct), is an 8 hour train ride east of Goa, and is an ancient temple complex up a little into the hills. There is a small town that has sprung up around the temple complex, and across the river is a bunch of hotels and restaurants. First impression: its cheap! A lot cheaper than any place we've been before. Second impression, its a very chilled out and relaxed environment, but with a lot more hippies than mixed travelers and tourists, like in Goa. Granted we're staying at a very hippie place, the Goan Corner Guest House, but like one out of every three or four people you see here ... read more