Leaving Goa
Our lovely spent time in Goa has ended. One month of beautiful beaches, people and energy was enough to change our minds about life in general, I can tell that we are definitely coming back to Goa one day for sure!
Just few words about leaving Goa and being on the track again.
- We understood that we are addicted to fruits now. One day without them feels like the worst day ever, hahah. Yeah, we got used to them.
- The skin felt so good in Goa because of high humidity.
- Being back in the heat, feels a bit weird, and the thought that you cannot swim in the sea whenever you want to chill, is sad :D
- Goa has changed us in a better way, like opened our minds to understand that everything is possible.
Now it’s time to move on and see more of fascinating India.
We chose the city called Hampi, famous for its historic ruins and temples. We bought train tickets to Hampi for 1 200 rupees (both) and spent 9 hours on the train from Vasko da Gama to Hampi in Karnataka state.
We were lucky with our tuk-tuk driver, because as soon we left the train he came to us and asked where we want to get. The man was very kind and offered us tuk-tuk for 250 rupees to get to Hampi center (30 minutes ride).
He suggested a guest house where we can stay and have a nice lunch...we were starving and now you can imagine how fast we agreed to go with him.
First Impression of Hampi
When we finally had our lunch we were extremely happy and excited to go sightseeing before the sunset. It was the golden hour and I was dreaming to see it one day, because India’s sunsets are incredible.
I took my camera and went for the first shots. Guys, it was amazing. The first impression wasn’t broken and the sun was 1,5 hours away from the horizon and colors were so warm and orange-ish, silence...there were no cars or any other disturbing noises only kids playing cricket and prayer coming from speakers, well, I would like to say that it was a wonderful composition.
We went to see the main temple in Hampi - Shivas temple.
In general, Shivas temple was not so impressive as the ruins nearby.
The big rocks and old columns were impressive in the light of the sunset. It was so enjoyable to take pictures that evening, like all my chakras opened just for photography. When it became a bit dark I could play with silhouettes while Yan was wandering around and telling me where could be a nice shot, my personal assistant, hahah :)
Ruins of the time
The next morning we begun with switching off the alarm clock which was set on 5:30. Why so early? Because of the heat, which becomes unbearable around 11 am and the light for photography is the best 2 hours after the sunrise.
So at 6 am we were at the ruins to shoot some videos. Need to mention, that the life is beginning at 6 am and the weather was very comfortable.
After ruins we went to see orher ruins,haha, this is what Hampi is about.
Achyutaraya temple complex
It was really incredible! When we saw first temples we thought what a silence, nobody was there and we could feel the peace and beauty coming out. The place was quite massive and as soon as we got there we were speechless! All the buildings were from 16th century and every single stone was carved by hands and we can only wonder how long did it take to make them.
Vitthala Temple Complex
When we took a lot of pictures we decided to go to another temple called Vitthala Temple complex. Unfortunately the entrance wasn’t free and we didn’t want to spend 500 rupees for visiting while citizens of India pays only 30 rupees :D But definitely that place was worth visiting because of singing columns. Probably, we will visit them next time.
The heat wave slowly took us over and we went back to our guest house to have a lunch and a bit of siesta.
By the way, we were walking from one temple to other. No need to take tuk-tuk and overpay, but only in that case if you like walking and have an good amount of water with yourself. 7 km took us to see the nearest ruins.
Around 4 pm we were ready to take rickshaw and go to other temples, which were about 3 km from us.
!!! There is a possibility to take rickshaw for whole day, it costs about 800 rupees and the driver takes you to all temples and waits for you as long as you need.
The temples we saw weren’t so surprising as the previous ones. Probably, the first impression was too good and we started to compare.
