We made our way west from Kurnool today, and drove around 250km to reach Hampi, around 3pm-ish. Good roads became virtually nonexistent as soon as we left Andra Pradesh state, and even got some dirt-side-road offroading in for a bit. Augie drove a little crazy.
About halfway in, the brighton boys George and John and the Bombay City Rockers randomly found us leaving a quick lunch stop in Bellary, temporarily doubling the size of our convoy until they took a wrong turn somewhere and suddenly vanished.
Hampi is apparently a very holy area, with a plethora of Hindu temples. The crappy photo from my blackberry doesn't do this area much justice. After nightfall, we ate at a fantastic restaurant called The Mango Tree (highly recommended), and the Rickshaw Runners started pouring in. I lost count how many teams are here, but I'm guessing around 8-10 rickshaws. Looking to get a bit more sleep tonight and get up with the sun to see the area temples.
We just decided - after sightseeing, we try to bomb it the last 300 or so km for Goa. Holy crap did that come up fast!! Thought this trip was nearly interminable, so having the realization that we're now this close is a little mind boggling. That may also be the lack of sleep though. On that thought, good night!
forgot your trip direction (NE to SW ?), could only found Hampi on map.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Hampi, it's a very unusual place & worth a little sightseeing!
ReplyDeleteEnjoying your blog...you make it all very real!