We set off early to catch the dayime sleeper train back to Goa. The jurney was quiet surreal. We shared the carriage with an american family who lived in pondicherry on the east coast. The parents were a waterfall researcher, a doctor, the two sisters and then the three untra blonde kids. The little boy took to everybody and was jumping back and forth between bunks excitedly the whole way. In the next bay was a group of 8 english golden oldies, singing and laughi...

We got up early to get a smooch from the elephant but it was india day so he wasnt there. We walked over the hill again to see the rest of the ruins and views. We then walked past the main river past people swimming/washing/doing laudry and went through the banana plantation to the mango tree, a great cafe on a hill overlooking the paddy fields (and a huge mango tree providing shade), we ate and chilled for a while. It seems to be getting hotter and hotter here ...

We woke up 'early' with the plan to see half of the big temple areas in the coolness of the morning but didnt leave till 10am. on the way we heard a whistling behind us and there was Mayesh...sporting a nice new pen. We chatted to him for a while as we walked to the temple, past a fabulous view of the river and saw the little round boats going to the monkey temple. He left us at the bit where we had to pay so we walked (at this day in nearly midday heat) through...

We woke up late, the journey had really worn us out and we ventured outside to find it roasting hot and really humid. After breckie we went for a walk over the hill past the pyramid and walked through miles through the temple ruins and boulders overlooking the bazaar and banana plantations. At the top we saw a huge Ganesh (elephant god) which was quite spectacular and in suprisingly good shape. We then saw lots of monkeys jumping around in the trees. We soon felt...

Roasting HOT (over 40deg) Hampi Bazaar, a now reinhabited ancient bazaar with people running stalls and living in the old stone structures that run up and down the main wide high street. At the busy end is the awsome site of the pyramid shaped Virupaksha temple. After avoiding the many offers of a hotel, we parked up at the recommended Rama Hotel, just a stones throw from the temple. After a quick lunch we crashed out until the evening. Its very humid in Hampi an...