We headed to the state of Karnataka from Goa and spent 4 days in Hampi, one of India’s oldest cities which is now largely made up of ruins and a small village in the middle of it all. We hired bikes and cycled around to the different ruin and temple sites and sat by the river watching elephants bathing. Although we were happy to leave after we saw an English man who had totally lost his rag going mad at some local villagers and screaming for the police…a 5 minute spectacle saw him totally embarrass himself and all foreign tourists around - what an idiot.
After being on the mainland for these days, we soon headed back to the coast to the small resort of Gokarna. It was a bit like Goa was 30 years ago with a handful of beach shacks and less than 100 people on the beach. We stayed on Kudle beach (pronounced kood-lay) and hung out for 3 days with some people we met on the sleeper bus there, drank a lot and laughed a lot! From Gokarna we had a 16 hour train journey to Alleppey, Kerala, which is in the midst of the backwaters, a network of canals (a bit like Venice or Amsterdam!) where you can take a houseboat or canoe and meander through the water, visiting local villages which are built on and by the water - apparently it’s great for people watching - we can’t wait to go!
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