Yeah, you guessed it! It's 4pm & I fell asleep and missed my train stop. So I'm forced to get the bus from Bellary, a well know steel production town, to Hospet. Gindal - SW steel Ltd. in Bellary produces 10000 tonnes of cement per day, 480M Watts and over 4M tonnes per year of steel, over 3000 staff on 700 acres.

Another moment of Indian kindness lead me from Hospet bus station via an ATM to a negotiated rickshaw driver. My welcome party, at about 11pm, to Hampi are Mathias and Pierre. Two very good looking French men usher me to Shanti guesthouse in Hampi bazaar. Followed by my first ever Marsala tea with the company of my new French friends. At bedtime, we all go our separate ways.

Temples...Hampi is famous for it, i would know cos i spent an entire day being amazed by them while being chauffeur driven in my rickshaw... However for me, it would be the out-of-this-world rock formations that my captured my attention. Their size defied my understanding and shapes defied my thinking.
The way they appeared to have been strategically placed to laugh in the face of gravity.

The famous sayings opposites attract, comes alive in Hampi.

One side an amazing lake
Both sides the lushest green rice fields
One side famous the Mango Tree restaurant
Both sides camera unworthy sunsets.

Both sides enjoyed with the pleasure of Liko, Pierre, Mathias, Katia, Henry, Dirk, Steven, John, Belle, Vicky, Mel, Neal and more