My trip out of Goa and the subsequent 3 days in Hampi, can best be described as per the below;

Journey to Hampi - Without doubt the worst 13 hours of my life so far, the journey started OK until I inexplicably decided to part with my mantra of not eating street vendor food... the subsequent 13 hours involved puking out of the side of the bus every 30 mins or so. My bunk was the top 1 at the front of the bus so I managed to spill my guts all over 1 side of the bus. All this and I was meant to be sleeping on the bus.

1st Day - Quite simply a right off, I managed to befriend 2 posh gap-year students from England who helped me stumble my way to a hostel in the quiet area of Hampi where I slept the entire day in between bouts of more puking and general traveller sickness - i think you get the point.

2nd Day - I decided whilst dying in bed the day before that I would take today easy as Hampi is large and a full day of sightseeing would be roughly 6-7km of walking. So I went mental and walked all day in the blistering sun!! Hampi is a 15th Century civilian that got merked by another civilization and burnt to the ground except for a few bits and bobs that survived. My favourite bits of Hampi included some amazing water temples and the famous stone chariot. That is as much of a history lesson as your getting, for more info check wiki or something...

3rd/Final Day - I decided to take it easy and hire a moped with the girls and we zoomed off to a lake for the day and had as relaxing a day as you can have in India, we were of course followed by the usual assortment of jokers trying to sell you stuff and several grown Indian men fascinated by 2 young Western girls in swimming gear!

My train ride to Bangalore was not without event, on the way to the station my rickshaw got a flat tyre so we had to deter to another station that was luckily on the way..phewww... I had a nice sleeper train with a Dutch couple - where I was subjected to a 2 hour lecture on how Ajax and Arsenal are so similar. But I have arrived safe and sound and plan to relax until Friday until I set off to Mysore.

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written by  Michael Russell on February 1, 2009 from Hampi, India
from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty
tagged Hampi and Merking
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I feel you pain - had a horrorshow myself on a train in India... Not at all fun. Hope you've recovered, even if Bangalore wasn't your cup o' tea.

written by  Rob Hudson on February 4, 2009

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