6/4/2011 Woke up to barter for a checkout time agreeing 50 yet again! I lost the coin toss so I had the unfortunate task to get a bus to Hospet, walk a couple of kilometres to the train station, buy the tickets walk back and then catch another bus back! Had lunch but not many places around the area served meat in their meals! So I had to go five without any! Never again! Chris and I then hit a stunning riverside bar called the Mango Tree Restaurant. Leant again...

5/4/2011 Rented a scooter for the day for about 2.50 each and explored many of Hampi's illustrious temples, ruins, rock faces, boulders, sculptures and breathtaking scenery. Chris drove us straight to the first big area of temples and ruins right in the centre of the town (town pretty much being a long road, riverside and bazaar) where we climbed around observing all of the ancient ruins. It looked like something out of Predator with all the banana and palm tr...