Hampi Old Bazar

Temples, partying and cooking in Hampi

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January 22nd 2007
On the sleeper bus to Hampi I have the pleasure to share the rear top bed with another traveller. It's narrow, short (always keep your knees tucked in) and the potholes make you take off from your bed and approaching the low ceiling. Only two metal posts prevent me from falling.... but I should not complain, after all I was lucky to get a place on this bus to start with... Hampi used to be the ... 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