As I no longer have the motorbike I thought that I would walk over to the main Bazaar area and see if I could go into the main temple: The Virupaksha Temple. I walked down to the river crossing hoping that I wouldn’t have to get a coracle again, thankfully it was a proper motor boat this time, completeContinueContinue reading “India: Hampi, Day 3”
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India: Hampi, Day 2
I began the day with a healthy breakfast of cornflakes. I tried to ask for half a bowl, as I have been wasting a lot of cornflakes lately, but I don’t think that the man understood what it is that I wanted. The cornflakes came, just in a bigger bowl, so that it looked likeContinueContinue reading “India: Hampi, Day 2”
India: Hampi, Day 1
After getting up nice and early to check out of the Guest House and into another, I had to wait for AGES to get the room! It turns out that the people currently in it were not aware that the checkout time was 10.00am…so I sat waiting whilst I had breakfast and they checked out.ContinueContinue reading “India: Hampi, Day 1”
India: Travelling to Hampi
Waking up to what can only be described as many people battering the hell out of an iron pot with hammers; I surfaced and walked to the bus station, hoping to catch one to Hampi. On the way I was harassed by a wide variety of different auto-rickshaw drivers. They have the ‘Minidor’ variety hereContinueContinue reading “India: Travelling to Hampi”
India: Travelling to Hospet
Today I have mostly been: travelling all bloody day! I took an Auto-Rickshaw to the bus station in town, getting there for 11.30am. I thought that this would give me a great chance of getting to Hampi while it was still light, thus removing any issue of being in a strange place and not havingContinueContinue reading “India: Travelling to Hospet”
India: Beach days in Gokarna
Gokarna really is a gorgeous place. I awoke to the sound of insects outside and on the beach was tickled by the sight of cows leisurely trotting along beside the sea. I set the alarm to wake me early so that I could try to find the Nirvana Café, after the failed attempt last night.ContinueContinue reading “India: Beach days in Gokarna”
India: Travelling to Mangalore
After sampling the fine sandwiches at ‘Café Coffee Day’ I ventured to the bus station where, luckily, I managed to get on a bus that was leaving very shortly for Mangalore. As I asked for the tickets, the conductor asked me if I wanted MANgalore or BANgalore. I wonder how many people end up onContinueContinue reading “India: Travelling to Mangalore”
India: Mysore Palace
Today I began adventures in Mysore in the geekiest place I can think of: The Railway Museum! I really enjoyed looking at the cool old trains. They had old steam trains on show, god knows how they got them there. It was quite funny as the equipment in the museum was quite old, a lotContinueContinue reading “India: Mysore Palace”
India: Arriving in Mysore
At 2.00pm I got on a Karnataka government bus in Kannur, and it took a fantastic six hours to get me to Mysore. It was a very bumpy and jarring journey, with plenty of moments where I was launched from my seat and up into the air. It was probably equal to the journey toContinueContinue reading “India: Arriving in Mysore”
India: Kannur
Sunday After an eventful bus ride (We got a puncture and had the bus with the smallest amount of leg room I have ever seen) I arrived in Kannur. The first hotel that I tried was unfortunately full, so I had a LONG walk along the road to try and find other places to stay.ContinueContinue reading “India: Kannur”
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