Don't worry be Hampi

Last weekend myself and some of the interns went to Hampi. Hampi is a UNESCO world heritage site that is sprinkled with various ancient monuments and temples. The landscape and man made historic temples are beautiful; I have never seen anything like it. Below are some photos so you can get a glimpse:

This is the river that we had to take a boat across to get to our guest house. Locals are doing their laundry and bathing in it:

The rice fields across from our guest house

Our little cottages 

My friend Lindsey and I eating breakfast at the restaurant at our resort:

We hired a rickshaw driver to take us around the various historic sites. The following photos are from this:

The Hindu god Ganesh:

This is the royal stable for elephants:

The queen's bath:

The wall of a temple that has one thousand miniature carvings:

Us with the stone chariot:

On our way back to the village, we got incredibly lost. We ended up coming across a man offering to boat us down the river to get back. Hot and tired, we accepted only to find out that his idea of a boat was a man made little disc! This was a really funny experience; fitting five girls into a tiny little leaking boat that was paddled by two young boys. It was very enjoyable though because we got to flow through giant boulder hills that had various ancient carvings along them. It really did feel like we were in a completely foreign world. This was the boat:

I was so in love with the boulder-y landscape...we kept on saying it felt like we were in Jurassic Park!

A long hot day walking around ruins called for some fresh juice at The Mango Tree:

The next day we had a nice lazy morning of eating breakfast, drinking chai and writing in our journals:

Our second afternoon involved doing some more sightseeing, shopping in the bazaar and my friend and I got Ayurvedic oil massages (that cost only $9!)

Such a great trip!