Whoa, I read my last post. It was too much man. Even me myself got sick of it. It was all long and boring...I have decided to make my posts very short. Writing essays is not my idea of great literature. I have always inclined to making my points clear in as short words as possible. In fact I can write a few hundred pages on how to convey your ideas in a few words...
As a result of the decision I have taken, I plan to tell the story of Hampi in as short sentences and limited words as possible.
OK, here it is...
Hampi is a very good place to visit during any time of the year (only if you are an Indian, because mark my words, I visited the place in April, the Indian summer and it was not that hot as anticipated).
Another big thing is if you wanna see beaches, lush green forests and fauna, stay in a luxury hotel, play in the snow, blow money or wanna get drunk this is not the place. Also you need to be oriented historically ( I mean , interest in history) to understand and enjoy this place.
We (me and my friend Ajay) stayed at Hampi for 1 1/2 days and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. The first day we took a tour guide (an auto rickshaw driver, the decision we regretted later) and visited the places far away (>1Km) in his auto rickshaw. Sunday morning we visited the places of attraction closer to Hampi.
By 12pm, we bid adieu to Hampi and set off for Hospet (the nearest town, railway station etc). Since my friends train was at 3pm and we had plenty of time to kill, we visited the Tunga Bhadra
dam, a few kilometers (~5km) from Hospet. We stayed there for (say) 2hours. In fact photography is prohibited there. So not much photos of the place. We met a few local workers and had a little chat in all the Kannada we learned during the 1.5 year stay in Bangalore. There we were drenched by the sudden drizzle which turned out to be a heavy rain.
We got back to Hospet and I saw my friend off to his journey further (to Andhra Pradehs). Since my train to Bangalore was scheduled at 8.30 pm, I took a nap in the guest room. Finally my time to say farewell to Hospet came and I huddled into my swecond class sleeper silently, as I contemplated a warm send off my Krisha deva raya and Tenali Rama... (just to be a little poetic).
OK, here it is...
Hampi is a very good place to visit during any time of the year (only if you are an Indian, because mark my words, I visited the place in April, the Indian summer and it was not that hot as anticipated).
Another big thing is if you wanna see beaches, lush green forests and fauna, stay in a luxury hotel, play in the snow, blow money or wanna get drunk this is not the place. Also you need to be oriented historically ( I mean , interest in history) to understand and enjoy this place.We (me and my friend Ajay) stayed at Hampi for 1 1/2 days and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. The first day we took a tour guide (an auto rickshaw driver, the decision we regretted later) and visited the places far away (>1Km) in his auto rickshaw. Sunday morning we visited the places of attraction closer to Hampi.
By 12pm, we bid adieu to Hampi and set off for Hospet (the nearest town, railway station etc). Since my friends train was at 3pm and we had plenty of time to kill, we visited the Tunga Bhadra
dam, a few kilometers (~5km) from Hospet. We stayed there for (say) 2hours. In fact photography is prohibited there. So not much photos of the place. We met a few local workers and had a little chat in all the Kannada we learned during the 1.5 year stay in Bangalore. There we were drenched by the sudden drizzle which turned out to be a heavy rain.We got back to Hospet and I saw my friend off to his journey further (to Andhra Pradehs). Since my train to Bangalore was scheduled at 8.30 pm, I took a nap in the guest room. Finally my time to say farewell to Hospet came and I huddled into my swecond class sleeper silently, as I contemplated a warm send off my Krisha deva raya and Tenali Rama... (just to be a little poetic).
