Innumerabilis

We got up at 5.30am today to watch the sunrise. We climbed up Mathanga Hill, and I was huffing and puffing by the time we reached the top. Unfortunately it was too cloudy to catch the sunrise, but the panaromic view was spectacular.

View from the top of Mathanga Hill.

The monkey and me at the top of Mathanga Hill.

In the late morning till afternoon, it was a tour of other temples in an autorickshaw.

A stone chariot.

Carving of a Chinese. This shows that there were traders way back when this monument was built.

This one is of a Mongolian.

In front of a gigantic statue of Ganesha. About 2.7m tall.

On top of the steps at a ruin.

A huge statue of Hanuman.

At the Mango Tree restaurant. It is so out of the way from Hampi Bazaar that if it wasn’t recommended in the Lonely Planet, there probably wouldn’t be many people there. As it is, though, there were lots of tourists there today.

After a 9 hour bus ride (550 Rupees) which alternated between freezing (when the bus was moving) and stuffy (when it stops), we arrived in Hampi. Today is rest day, we’ll only visit the temples and boulders and famous monuments tomorrow.

The view from the hotel’s rooftop in Hampi.

Also from the rooftop, with the famous boulders in the backdrop.

“Pizza” with chappati base!

Arrival at Bangalore Airport

Statue of Queen Victoria in Bangalore, outside a park which locals call “The Rock” because of a rock formation jutting out in the middle of the park.

Self-Explanatory. The alphabet is Kannada.

Supposed to be modelled after Windsor Palace, built during the colonial times. Now a state administrative office, and we couldn’t go in.

ISKCON temple, one of the biggest Hindu temple in Bangalore. No photo-taking inside, so there’s only pictures of the façade.

Fruit Store along Mahamat Gandhi road, the Orchard Road of Bangalore.

Old part of Bangalore.

MG Road has some buildings with interesting architecture.

Bangalore at night, near the Bus Station (Majestic Area)