Sun setting

Hooray for Hampi

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February 12th 2010
Finally arrived from our latest 10hr bus journey in Hospet where we were to make our way to Hampi. We met an english couple on the bus and got talking to them at the depot in Hospet where we all decided to get yet another bus to Hampi. It was 5.30 in the morning so it was an hours wait for the bus service to start up but it flew past quick enough. At 6.30 everyone piled onto the bus and me and ... 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