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Happy in Hampi
Another weekend in Hyderabad = Another chance to do something outside of Hyderabad. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy in Hyderabad, but given that I don't have much time left in India, I need to take advantage of every free weekend I have and try to see some more sites before I run out of time. So...I made the decision this weekend to visit Hampi …
Blessed by an elephant
... in the middle of the temple was a huge elephant, with flowers round his neck and a bhindi spot. The guy led us round so we could stroke him. It was incredible. His skin was so thick andcovered in black hairs. We paid 10rupees (11p), the elephant picked the note outof my hand with his wet trunk and then rested his trunk on my head to bless me. Couldnt get over how crazy it was. The guy couldnt stop laughing at how shocked we were. That night we got on a 9hr sleeper coach south to ...
Hampi
... After our epic day of temple and ruin seeing, we chilled out with dinner at Mango Tree where we also caught up with Geri again. The three of us headed off back into Hampi Bazaar as it was full moon so there was supposed to be a precession from the Temple with the main attraction being Lakshmi, the temple's resident elephant. Tradition states that if you give Lakshmi a silver coin, he will place his trunk on your nogging and you can then make a wish, the cheeky bugger took my ...
Night moves
There is something about night busses and trains that makes me pensive, this is when I miss Ju Ju and Ross so much that a tears easily form in the corners of my eyes, missing them is physical I can feel it like sick was in the pit of my stomach. It's silly really as tomorrow I will wake up at my destination, give one of them a call or an email, hear their voice or see one of our in expressions that only they could deliver and everything ...
Hampi
... Today we're leaving so we had to have our stuff out of the room by 9:00 and we didn't leave till15:00 so it was a bit of a ligging around day but we had a lot of fun and watched the world go by Indian style. Then we took the night bus back to Goa. It was quite exciting especially for the kids but didn't lead to a very good nights sleep. Arrive at 5:00 was interesting also? Sunday4th November Sat and watched the sun come up on our beach, waiting for everyone to wake up. The ...
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