Deserted temple

Week 15 – Hampi – Back to Bangalore

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January 15th 2009
We arrived in Hampi at 4am to find all the hotels full or shut. Thankfully it was a warm night so Tracy and I snuck into a hotel courtyard and slept on their benches, pulling blankets over our faces to keep the mosquitoes away. The hotel turned out to be a bit of a dump so we left at 9am to find somewhere better. At least we got a free nights 'accommodation' out of it! After a hearty breakfa ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more