Ruins Of Hampi

Enough Of Oceans....

Enough Of Moutains....

It's Time To Travel, Back Into History !!!!

Indeed this city will take you back into history,will make you to rack your brains and dig up your history lessons from your school days. It's all about the terrain which will make you fall in love at the first sight.

It's a city which is divided in two parts by the River Tungabhadra, First being the Hampi villlage and second is Hippie Island. For the records, i resorted on the other side of the town i.e Island. Got freshen up and hired up bike to explore the place, which costed me around 300bucks for a day. It was past noon and got teamed up with few of Swedish friends which i met in the same lodge where i was staying. It was time for bike ride and whattay way it started. Just riding through the lanes of resort, we were out on the road and very first thing that we saw was.....

.....It was a magnificent view when it appeared suddenly and got us stopped right there to take a snap. We rode all the way across the island and all we did was riding bike for 10-15 odd kms. Sun was right above us and with that scorching heat we were forced to hit back to hotel. Never should you head out in Hampi between 2pm to 4pm, that's what our fellow traveller told. Well, i didn't wanted to waste my day without doing some activity, kicked up my bike and rode all the way down to canal to take a dip into the dam water. Since, it was off-season no one was around to disturb and water was all chilled up and running at peace.After spending an hr, i was all refreshed from that heat waves which hit'ed badly in afternoon.

Geared up and headed straight towards the hill, as it was about time of sunset and i couldn't afford to loose the most buzzzed thing of the Island. Climbed all the way top of the hill and set'ed up my action camera for time-lapse (which failed to take a nice shot) but the view was just amazing and camera wont do the justice for the sunset scene.

Back in the hotel campus, it was movie night and they were showing "Slumdog Millionaire". So while watching the movie, we realized that this place was a damn hut of mosquitos and the bites were so painfull that it feels like getting injected by a big needle. Do try to cover youself up as much as you can here in night. With that said, it was end of the day and time to get some rest.

Cloud Gathered that night....And

Hampi got its season's first Rainshower!!!!

After raining for whole of night, the weather cleaned up at the dawn and as planned, it was time to hit the road again. Parked up my bike at the footsteps of Anjanadari hills and started up my trek towards the peak. It was a normal trek, as i din't knew there was also a Lord Hanuman temple at the summit. The view was getting better and better as i was climbing up the tallest hill of the Kishkinda range. The temple was none but the birth place of Lord Hanuman, which was an interesting thing as i never heard that story before. Spent an hr up there and it was time to head back, as had to visit the other side of the river as well......

Virupaksha temple, one of the biggest and oldest temple in Hampi is sacred place. Since it's huge architecture marvel, it can be easily visible from whole Hampi. 

There are more than 15-20 places in Hampi, which can be visited on a day-trip with each and every place been a UNESCO heritage site which has gained historical importance. One of the most visited and world renowned place is the "Vittala Temple", which was built back in 15th Century. Ruins of the temple which is known for the spectacular architecture, which also consist of musical pillar's all around the temple it's something awe-inspiring.

The temple doesn't end here, it also has this massive Stone Chariot at the very middle of the campus. It's the same chariot which has been printed on our history books back in our school days.Interesting to see that it was well-maintained and there was no damage at all to the heritage. 

Stone Chariot - Hampi

Continued my journey further, oh well forgot to mention that i hired Auto-Rickshaw for 500bucks and was been guided by the driver itself☺ Lotus Temple, been one of the coolest place where Queen's used to visit during the summer to get shade and it was designed in a such a way that you will feel the cold breeze around the area. Also, in the same campus there lies the Elephant stable, where only the Royal Elephants used to rest which belonged to the King. Well, further that there was the famous "Queen's Bath" area which was nothing but a royal pool in middle of the king's empire with amazingly structural display.

Lotus Temple

Queen's Bath

Elephant Stable

Well i spotted a "Pushkarni" as well while going towards my very last destination of this small road trip. It was constructed to accumulate the rain water and was used only for sacred ritual's in the hindu temple.

At the very end of the trip it was all about massive idol's, which were been carved through a single giant rock and was one of the most attractive thing in hampi. One is of Narsimha and other is of Lord Ganesha.

  Yoga-Narsimha

Sasivekalu Ganesha

This was indeed a time travelling trip, where i was taken back into the mid 14th century. Well, another must visit place in India, but would suggest to go over here during the winters when climate will be more chilled as it gets really hot in noon. It was time to strike off another place from my bucket list and time to wander in the new one. Well the best thing of the trip that happened to me was that i finally got to try the "Beast" ......

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Tale Of Paradise Beach

Buzz about this beach wasn't just about the view of this place, but it was for that vibe which you get as soon as you step on the beach for the very first time after getting down from one of the craziest boat ride ever.

Little i know that Day 2 of my trip was gonna be the coolest and ridiculously amazing day of this weekend trip. I started up from zostel a little over 8 o'clock and rode towards OM beach. No Doubt the scene of Om beach is marvelous in day time as well, while i wait for my boat to arrive i took a quick bite in Namaste Cafe. All alone sitting up in cafe and munching on the food is surely a bucket list which every Solo traveler has. Om beach was hot af but all though being Sunday there wasn't any kinda rush at the beach which was again pleasant site.

How i wished i could have trekked down to the beach but wasn't sure about the route towards it, so i decided its better to take short boat ride rather wandering around the place and let the sun crunch up my energy at this temp. So there was no dockyard at the beach all you gotta do is to get inside the knee height water and hop into the boat which was quiet a impressing thing which keep the hype of passenger throughout the ride.

Whattay ride all the way towards the half-moon beach and paradise beach, which are less known beach. It takes approx 300 bucks if you want to take only a boat ride where they will take all the way for just sight-seeing of the place or else pay them double to get down and hop in at any time during the day ride. Well, no wonder i choose Second option.☺

With all the stuff i heard about Gokarna, 

this beach turned out to be an icing on the cake of my trip.

Climbed up on the highest rock of the beach to take an aerial view and a time-lapse video of this place. No Wonder, this spot looks more beautiful in real then in video.

Never had that feeling before to dive into the water and swim around the place, but this was something different as i could literally hear the waves calling out to live up the moment which hardly gets in someone's life. I was all alone in that particular section of the beach, as this beach was divided in 3 parts and all i could see was couple of folks swimming in the other section. It did felt like a private beach where i have all my "Me Time" to spent and yeah i did the same.

Sleeping on the beach and letting the wave hit you...... 

Is certainly a Bliss Moment of Life.

After spending couple of hours at the beach, it was time to boost myself up with the freshly plucked Coconuts. Though the price at which they sell is more than even size of the nut, but it's totally worth it when you take the first sip of it. 

Sun was right on top of me, but it was never sunny the whole day as clouds gathered up there and covered up the sun to keep the temperature cool. It was time to ride back home but little i knew that surprises were still packed in the box for me.... 

As we took ride back towards the Om beach, we spotted couple of Dolphin playing just next to our boat. Couldn't get a hold on the camera to take snap of them but catching a glimse of there play was treat to watch.

Came back to the dorm and took a long shower to get ready for the return journey. Indeed it was an short and sweet weekend trip, which would be remembered always. 

It's not about travelling...

It's about making Memories !!!!

Lets keep our travelling plan's ready and pick up the bag and wander around the places. Write down your experience through blogs or vlogs and share it to let everyone know about how we are blessed with such beautiful place in our "Incredible India".

Until then Carry Less and Travel More !!!!

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Gokarna - Less Explored Beaches

While people plan for hill station to cool themselves up during summer, i choose to travel alone towards the beaches.

Overall an 710km bus ride from Mumbai to Gokarna is indeed a weekend getaway spot. Landed up early morning itself and took a short shared auto ride with fellow solo traveler to reach Zostel. It was pitch dark when i entered into the Zostel Campus and as we saw the first sunlight sitting in the yard while chit-chatting with other Zosteller (People who stay's in Zostel). We all were stunned and couldn't take our eyes off from that beautiful view, with every minute and every ray of sunlight the view was just more than breathtaking.

We took a long walk around the beach, as we could easily see fisherman catching up fishes and we couldn't resist ourselves to help them out and get into action.As we explored the beach and town for a short while in early morning itself,we rented up bike's to take a spin around the place. It was time to head back to dorm and get fresh, as sun was in its full mood to tan us up.

The best part of Zostel is you can chill yourselves up even if you land up early even before your check in time. As everywhere else, the common area was lit af and was covered up with all indoor games and stuff.

Trust me it was 40℃ on that day and it was hard to spot a person hanging around the town during noon hrs. We were all sitting under shades and to beat the time we played "Jenga". It was one of the most intense game which i ever played. This was the moment when i realized, this day gona past like this just chillaxing here but i was wrong.....

We drove up towards kudle beach to get a glimse of sunset and were fortunate to hit the beach at the very right moment, as the beach is well wrapped up in middle of jungle area.

As the sun goes down we were just sitting up there and watching another day go pass by, which was full of meeting new strangers and end up becoming friends.

Do plan up your trip in such a way, that you should land up in gokarna on Full-Moon Day. So reason to say this is because, as i rode towards OM beach from Kudle the very first view of the magnificent OM Beach will leave you speechless. It was all lit up in that moonlight and all i could do is climb on the rocks near the shore and let the time sink into my memories. Tried taking up few pics of the place but its rightly said Camera never does the justice for the mesmerizing beauty of the place.

Stayed up until mid-night at this place, where we had nice time at this "Namaste Cafe" just beside the beach. Promised myself to be back at this beach the very next day to take nice clicks and take a boat ride towards the "Paradise Beach"

With that said it was end of an quiet surprising day where i thought i would be alone travelling places in Gokarna but ended with fellow solo traveller around our India. Lets see what happens up in Day 2 of my trip in next blog, till then....

Carry Less,Travel More!!!!