Hampi

English - We left Goa at 8am - destination Hampi. We took a local bus here and were told it would take 8 hours... famous last words. 13 hours later, same seat, same local bus we arrive in Hampi in the dark. Was it worth it? Well, when the sun rose over the bolder strewn, mountainous landscape at 6:30am the next day we knew we were in for a treat. Hampi, once the capital of one of the great Hindu empires with a population of 500,000 is now a deserted rock city set amongst mountains, boulder, rivers and paddy fields. This place is picture postcard heaven. We hired beaten up bicycles and toured the area, climbed the many steps up a mountain to a temple - home to loads of thieving monkeys! We also stumbled across an amazing lake, an oasis in the middle of this stunning landscape and had a swim in the 40 degree heat. The ruins of the city are just as mesmerizing as the landscape itself, ancient temples, massive baths, stables for elephants and huge palaces. We stayed in a bamboo hut for 2 quid a night with a view of the rice paddies and river and took a trip on a traditional boat called a coracle made from palm leaves and looks like half a coconut. Hampi is one of the best places in India we have seen so far and was exactly the reason we came traveling!!! A snake decided to make our porch its home and when we saw it, although smaller and previous ones had exactly the same effect on Klarka....my ears are still recovering - god help me in Oz!

13 hour bus

Czech -Nase dalsi cesta putovala do mista zvane Hampi. Bylo to kouzelne misto ktere nam zanechalo uzasne vzpominky. Toto misto obklopene horamy a ryzovymi plantazemi je velice proslavene kamennym mestem, kde kdysi zili lide, ktery museli odejit, nyni jdou zde jen trosky, chramy ktere sotji za to videt. Bydleli jsme v bambusovych chatkach, ktere normane v turisticke sezone stoji sileny penize, ale mi jsme niny platili jen 150 rp. na noc. Pondikli jsme bajecny vylet do okoli na kolech a vykoupali se v jednom s jezer uprostred skalnatych pahorku.Take jsme podnkli vylet na chram zvany Hanuman na vrcholu skali s uzasnym pohledem na okoli.

Alex Coracle

Hampi pro nas bytlo jedno z nejbajecnejsich a nejkrasnejsich mist Indie.LIde byli pratelsky a zilo zde jen par obyvatel. Takze jsme si mohli vychutnat okolni krasu.

Bath

Big rocks

Klarka Bike

Klarka Coracle

Klarka river view

lake

Lizard

morning temple

Palace

temple

view from hut

View Monkey temple