Day 266 : Hampi by bike

Ahhh I love the cows here they are so cute. It’s great you can scratch, pat and cuddle them and they are everywhere! They hang around like dogs peering into kitchen doorways and eating from the rubbish. This morning I saw a cow licking clean plates and saucepans piled up to be washed.

We waited at the main temple for a cycle tour and watched all the monkeys creating havoc as usual, The cycle tour was really good (if a bit hot and sunburn inducing). We went around all the main ruins and view points. Hampi was a rich Kingdom and trading place with incredible temples and palaces created over a few hundred years that was then ransacked by Muslim invaders in the 1600’s. It is the largest archaeological site in India and they think only 30% of the city has been uncovered.

Went to “sunset point” to watch the sunset over an incredible view of ruins, mounds of rock formations and palm forests.

Had a yummy dinner of egg curry, cardoman tea and banoffe pie (with coconut shavings instead of cream which doesn’t exist here).