If one takes a ten hour train ride from the over touristy beach side state of Goa, you will find a small little town in the state of Karnataka called Hampi. Most people know it for its famous ruins, as the town itself is a World Heritage Site. It’s cheap with rooms for as little as $1 USD per-night, dosa meals for $0.50 and motor-bike rentals for a day at $2.50.
Between the famous ruins are hills covered in boulders that almost look unnatural. The peaks of these hills aren’t covered with dirt or vegetation, just huge rocks ranging in size from a small car to a house. Depending on your interest there you might want to visit Hampi for it’s historical significance as I like to call it the Angkor Wat of India but if your already tired of seeing temples in India it’s still a must see place for the landscape alone.
The boulders almost float on top of one another and it would be easy to say that maybe the locals stacked these rocks on each other except for the fact that it would be impossible because of their size. The best thing to do while in Hampi is to rent a motor-bike and ride around looking at all the scenic hill tops, trying to find the rocks that look almost impossibly balanced on another one. I personally did and after four days I still didn’t get to see it all.
Below are photos I took from my daily trips out. I often would find a new rock, better then the last one, and think to myself “That’s impossible!”
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Asia, Hampi, Hindu, India, Karnataka, Photo Essay, photographs, rock climbing, Temples |
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