Hampi - a lost empire

After catching threads of the monsoon in Goa, we finally crossed the Western Ghats to go inland towards Hampi, this time we booked our train tickets in advance not to have to sit next to the door on the ground. Hampi is actually the location of an ancient empire surrounded by boulders and strange rock formations, a climbers' dreamland. Although we thought it would be the worst place ever when we dropped off from the train (I actually had to power my way through to get down and literally knock people down) and got surrounded by rickshaw drivers shouting to come with them, fighting one another, and having many poor women pleading and poking us for money, it was the most annoying thing that happened to us so far. However once in Hampi, everything was smooth, it really was a nice place to relax, in the mist of all the temples and the pilgrims. We rented once again scooters to run around all the temples and boulders around Hampi, we had quite some fun. I was impressed with the music temple, where every stud makes a different sound when you touch with, and the temple itself ws simply gorgeous. Too bad we stayed only one night.