Hampi

After our last supper together as a gang Julia and I caught the night bus to Hampi. Arriving in the morning it was like arriving in Bedrock. I wouldn't have been surprised if Fred Flintstone came round the corner. Hampi is an old ruined city. There was a king who lived there and all the entourage. The ruins coupled with the landscape was just breathtaking. We spent the first day on foot in the local area. Next day I hired a scooter for the day for the princely sum of 100Rs (1.30) and we zoomed around looking at the further away things. This place is a World Heritage site and yet we could be in huge temples all alone. Weird. Two nights/three days was enough so we packed up and took a brand new rickshaw (the driver was so proud, he told us every five minutes that it was new!) to the station in Hospet. I've just remembered I took video of part of the journey which I haven't looked at. That night we took the sleeper train to Bangalore. I'm sitting here sweating and dying of thirst so I'll do Bangalore this afternoon. Shouldn't take long it was crap.

Palollem

Well I ended the last trip here and I started this one in the same place. You'd think that having spent seven weeks somewhere that there would be loads to write about. not really. It's a beach! You swim, eat, drink and sleep. It was great over Christmas because there were a few of us on our own and we all got on very well and had a great time. That's about it. If you really want to know more ask me when I get home!