Being blessed by an elephant and climbing 675 steps !!

giving the rip-off elephant 10 rupees

the elephant giving his owner my money

being blessed by an elephant

being blessed by an elephant

It was quite funny as a local Indian could give the elephant 1 rupee in exchange for a blessing by the elephant, but a tourist has to give at least 10 rupees, aka a note instead of a coin in order to be blessed!

children begging me to take their photo

one of the many photos taking of the children- obsessed with having their photo taken

Thus the elephant could tell the difference between a local and a tourist! A true Indian making us pay at least 10x more for an attraction! But it was funny!

Afterwards we went to go and see a temple at the top of a hill where we climbed 675 steps to see some pretty amazing views of the whole of Hampi.

the temple at the top of the hill

Half way there- already exhausted!

the steps we climbed

the view from the 675 steps

another nice view

A monkey admiring the view with us

all hot and bothered looking like a beetroot after the climb

the not-so-amazing temple at the top

The temple was pretty disappointing and it was seriously hard work but we were in fact very proud of ourselves for making it the whole way!

written by  chrischarly on December 2, 2010 from Hampi, India
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Indian Odyssey
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