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Hampi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hampi, India
Templeishious Hampi
... a village surrounded by 75 or more temples. Most are Hindu but a few Muslim ruins still remain dating back to pre-conflicts. Hampi is a surreal place, the landscape is covered in sandstone rocks that look as if they have been placed there to create some ...
Hampi
... over 500,000 people, before the city was ruined by the Mughals as they took over huge areas of Southern India. Hampi consists of over one thousand temples, all dedicated to different Hindu and Buddhist Gods, as the Mughals were Muslim they ...
Bathing an Elephant!
... I pestered the keeper until he agreed I could help with the morning bath the next day! I had read about a man who rode across India on an Elephant and wanted to bath one ever since. So the next morning I got up at sunrise and went down to the river ...
Hampi
After our long stay in Benaulim we made our way to Hampi, which is in the state of Karnataka. Hampi is a site of lots of old Hindu temples dating back to the 9th-15th A.D. We took 3 days to check out the ruins, were ...
Hampi
... Euros but for this money I could have lived a whole day with accommodation and delicious food here! After all Hampi was the best I've seen up to now in India and I am looking forward to the next weekends. On monday morning I arrive at my guest house in ...
Depart pour hampi
... oublie de rendre la clef du cadenas de la chambre... Pas grave. Arrives a la gare, pas mal de touristes qui vont eux aussi a Hampi. Chattons avec quelques uns. Pour la premiere fois depuis que je suis en Inde, je me suis fait taxer une clope, et par un ...
To be A Rock & Not To Roll, Hanuman, Hanuman!!!
... risk of injury is high. I was surprised to find that people plan their entire holidays around this sport, Hampi is the best place in India for it and the boulderers take the sport very seriously scrambling up the magnificent bluffs and rounded boulders ...
The ancient city of Hampi
... and bus to Hampi, arriving the next day. As we passed Murudeshwar on the train I could see the 40m high idol of Shiva. Arriving at Hampi in the late afternoon, it was 38 degrees and I think the hottest place for me so far. I adopted the habit of wearing a ...
Hampi
... courtesy of 4 local buses and possibly the slowest tuktuk driver ever. Not quite sure how I can describe this place. Surrounding Hampi are the ruins of the Vijayanager empire. Many of the ruins were only discovered and excavated in the early ...
Bush Comes to India
... have more citizens here than the U.S. Maybe its just a matter of not being granted enough vacation to make a trip to India worthwhile? I don't know. Tonight I am headed to Bangalore in order to catch a train heading to Mysore and then into the hill ...
Hampi Prison....
... great little thatched bungalow and enjoyed the fantastic food and company.....but now, it's time to go. ,The bouldering around Hampi (and especially Goan Corner) is fantastic. A wide range of problems in grades to suit everybody, are scattered throughout ...
Happy Diwali!!!!!
Couche tot hier soir car pas tres bien. Ai tres mal dormi, je ne sais pas pourquoi, et ce matin j'avais toujours la courante... Omelette et banana lassi, puis imodium et c'est parti pour une journee de visite. Avons reserve un tour organise par le ...
Hampi et Goa
... , des temples, des palais, des marchés, des réservoirs d’eau et des murailles. Un royaume existait ici auparavant, Vijayanâgara (Hampi). Fondé au début du XIVème siècle, cet empire qui fut l’un des plus grands empires hindous n’a ...
Temples and BHANG lassi
... trees and big boulders of rock along a river. If this is not reason enough to go here that the beautiful temples may be. Hampi is a very relaxed town and you can see it immediately when looking at other foreigners. Everybody is chilled out and enjoys the ...
Ein untergegangenes Koenigreich wie im Maerchen
... wir dem wunderbar entspannten Goa entkommen konnten. Mehr und mehr glasige Augen sprachen uns von dem "maerchenhaften" und "magischen" Hampi - irgendwann widersteht man selbst in der besten Haengematte nicht mehr. Auf also nach Osten, wieder mal eine ...
Templemania in Hampi
... more temples in golden light. (I've had to promise R not to take us to see any more temples in India.) This morning we left Hampi (our journey to the station by Rickshaw was absolutely freezing as I was just wearing a short-sleeved shirt ...
A step back in time in Hampi
Travelling to the town of Hampi proved more exhausting than expected. We left Baga on a 5.30am taxi to Madgaon from where we caught a morning train which 8 hours later left us in a town called Hospet, followed by a 30 minute tuk-tuk to Hampi to top ...
The Mystical Boulders of Hampi
... hundred eyes watching your every itch, sip, slurp, scratch and sigh. You do get used it to, but when I first arrived in India, I felt rather self-conscious. However, there are times when you wished that the use of personal space was understood as it is ...
The Past Comes Alive in Hampi
... day in Hampi finding accommodations, napping and eating, knowing that we had a few more days to see the MANY historical sights. Hampi was a bustling city of over 500,000 people by the 15th century. It had many opulent palaces, temples, baths, markets, ...
Bedrock (aka land of the flintstones)
... Hampi as we hopped off the coach to find our muddy soggy bags waiting for us on the ground. Our first impression of Hampi was that it's pretty amazing, you'll understand why from the photos. A small village surrounded by strewn boulders amongst a muddle ...
Magical mystery tour
... to myself! after six mystical days in paradise it was time to board my train and leave this awe inspiring oasis behind. hampi will forever remain a major highlight on this journey and i only hope that some day i'll return to discover what dynasties ...
Hampi!
... in weeks there was no engines, no chaotic traffic just the peaceful slow pace of uninterrupted Hampi Life. Hampi is the most important religious site in India (as well as Varanasi). All Hindus should make the pilgrimage to Hampi once in their ...
Hampi
Ouah ! Hampi est vraiment magnifique ! Entouré de ruines, de multiples temples, des palmiers partout, des paysages dignes de décors de cinéma, des beaux couchers de soleil. On n'est pas déçu du voyage ! On loge dans un petit bungalow, ...
Twice blessed in Hampi
... view of rice paddy fields from our porch. Very oddly, there is a classic car club doing a tour of India camping at Hampi down by the river. Here's me artistically draped on one of their cool cars Their camp is AMAZING ...
Hampi
I don't feel as though I am India, this place is sooo chilled out - there are ancient ruins, rice paddies, banana plantations, a river and we are staying in a really cool place with hammocks outside our doors! visited the ancient ruins and on the way ahd ...
Hampi
... ride for 3 hours which was nice - but that is all! We ate a very cheap thali and i have been battling with a sore throat so have had plenty of Hot Lemon Ginger Honey! Tomorrow i say goodbye to Hampi and Amber for another overnight journey to ...
Palolem- Nature's nest-Badami-Pattadakal-Hampi
... have gone through the previous night and felt very happy that we made it to Badami.Around 4 pm we started our journey to Hampi via Kustagi,Munirabad,Harlapur,Sanapur and finally arrived at Virupapur Gadde, 136 km from Badami around 6 pm. Our ...
Very serene amidst the ruins and the boulders
... century and wild giant granite boulder formations that seem to go on forever, rice paddies and banana plantations. The little community called Hampi Bazaar, located south of the river, is where we stayed for the first 2 nights. This place is crammed with ...