Did our 6th overnight train ride, this time to Hampi, which is between Bangalore and Pune. Hampi is known for its ruins, and every year there is a pilgrimage to the nearby river, which we were lucky enough to get to see.
One of the main attractions were supposed to be these ‘singing columns’ that when you hit them played whatever your heart desired. After walking around in pursuit of these for a while we finally were pointed in the direction that they supposedly were, only to find out that it was kind of bull. Some people were saying they could hear musical noises coming from them, but to me it just sounded like the noise every stone column makes when you knock on it.
The main temple complex was really cool, and definitely looked angkorian / Mayan. We spent most of our time posing for photos with the countless people who mobbed us to be in their pictures – it was almost like a photo shoot.
After watching the pilgrims bathing for a while we went to a restaurant called mango tree and stuffed our faces again, which seems to be the theme of this trip to India.
The restaurant was cool because it was on the river and they had pictures of what it looks like in the rainy season when the water level rises about 40 feet it looks like, its pretty hard to believe there is that much of a difference just from rain.
The food was SOO..good.. made snoop-anoop go crazyOther pictures from Hampi:
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