Thats thanks to Jonny this afternoon, my response was that I wasnt even Jewish.
sorry to hold out for so long, I was tres busy in Hampi.
My first day in Hampi, Jonny and I met up with antonia and some friends she had met on the bus (we also met Shelby on the bus, who came along with us as well) So the 6 of us got a coconut boat accross the river so we could climb up this big hill to a temple to the Monkey God was built, it was his birth place. At the top we had chai with the gurus that lived there, one of them was called Baba, which made me think of home but laught at the same time haha. So from the top you could see pretty far, and the landscape in Hampi is just hundreds of boulders just piled on top of one another all over the place creating these huge hills or mountains. To get to the top it took 601 steps. On the way down the Guru took us into this crazy cave, and then we walked about 5km before getting a Rickshaw back for some food.
The next day after antonia, Elie, and Danny left, the 3 of us remaining took an all day tour of the city and all of the ruins and temples. We started at 5:45am so we could catch the sunrise from the top of another mountain, it was tough, but it was really nice, the sun rose over all the hills and banana plantations, the whole area seemed consfused at weather with wanted to be paradise or a desert. In the afternoon after seeing everything, Shelby Jonny and I went and found the waterfall and went swimming in the river above it. The water was really nice and clean and the waterfall was really cool as it ran though all the boulders and kinda carved its way around.
My final day in Hampi was spent relaxing around town to recover from the sunrise start the morning before.
I left for Cochi (or Kochin) that night taking an over night sleeper train to Bangalore, where I then spent a day there wondering around, seeing how much it would cost to fix my camera (the screen is lighting up but not working so im shooting blind right now) Anyways we went bowling, looked around and went to the botanical gardens in the city. On our way back to Jo and Simons hotel (2 ppl we met in Hampi) the sky opened up and just POURED, way more then Ive seen in florida or anywhere else, it was NUTS. SO another over night train, a ferry, and now im in the Fort Cochi area of Cochi(Kochin). Jonny and I have met up again with Antonia, Danny, and Elia. Tomorrow the 5 of us will head to Appolly where we can get a houseboat for 24hrs and cruise along the backwaters and lagoons of Kerala.
When I was in Hampi, I also booked my train ticket from Chennai to Varanasi, so im now taking a 36hr train rise from the south to the north so I can make my flight home (this will also giver me enough time to go from Varanasi to Agra, to Vrindavan and then to Delhi to come home!) So after the backwaters I'm headed to Kumily to see the tea plantations and where they grow all the spices, and also while im there I'll go to the wildlife sanctuary to try and see tigers and wild elephants. From there to Pundicherry for a few nights then to chennai then onwards!
I have a plan i just gotta stick to the timeline! so much to do!!
Here are my pics of Hampi and Bangalore, you might need to see part II later cause this computer is being really slow
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201080&id=90401387&l=f53460555f
part II
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201112&id=90401387&l=75e36148ad
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