Hospet

5 am wake up call - time for the train to Hampi!😍
An old Indian city that used to be the 2nd largest city in the world, capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century. The ruins that are left are known as the Hampi group of monuments which are under the UNESCOs world heritage protection.

It was an interesting experience taking an Indian train for the first time. The journey took about 8-9 hours. At first we didn’t realize how we were supposed to sit because some seats were turned into beds and others were normal “sitting” seats. This was also the first time we really regretted taking all this luggage with us… we have 4 suitcases between the 2 of us and it wasn’t the most thought through decision so to say….
The ride was okay, a bit uncomfortable but a vibe for sure. Unfortunately we missed the Dudhsagar waterfalls that we were looking forward to. Guess we fell asleep.
We managed to sleep a bit on the top bunk, and I tried to do some work as well. We met a cute retired French couple that are on their 5th week in India. Soon the wife is going alone to Vietnam for cooking workshops. They were so cute. Life inspo. ✨🥰
There was also this nice Mexican-Italian young couple who have already been here for a month and don’t know when they will be leaving. All of them had much less luggage than either one of us. 🫠

Arrived to a very hot Hospet in the afternoon and took the first tuk tuk ride to the hotel🛺The hotel is very fancy for our standards and we’re enjoying it haha. For some reason they upgraded us for a better room without cost. Not complaining.😋

Then we headed to see the sunset in Hampi (20-30 min away from Hospet) but Dora hurt her leg while climbing into the tuk tuk and we ended up driving around trying to find doctors instead. She needed a tetanus shot which she got in the end in Hampi and now it’s all fine. The doctor said we should pay however much we want? Also, it we went to 3 places where the doctors were on a break and I guess there are no emergency rooms here?
We were late for the sunset but it was still beautiful nevertheless. The driver was humble and felt sorry that it happened in his tuk tuk. He still took us to see some of the Hampi monuments where we saw monkeys and en elephant (!!) but the rest we will explore tomorrow.

Fun fact about this area. Everyone is obviously staring at us and a few people have asked for a picture. Guess the tourists are not that common here. Even the doctor’s grandson, a 6 year old boy, wanted to see us so we talked with him for a bit. He likes languages and wanted to exchange a few words in English. Cutie.

Ended the day with a nice dinner at the hotel restaurant. Had another pineapple juice ofc😍Read more