
6 - liters of water we drink in a day
4 - men we saw urinating on our bus ride from Mysore to Hampi
10 - monkeys on the rooftop next to us during breakfast
40 - number of time people have burped, snorted, or spit in front of us
120 - cost of a 650 ml beer in rupees (less than $3)
unknown - ants consumed during dinner tonight
ah...India.
So we have spent the last couple of days in Hampi, an awesome little town on a river. Its surrounded by hills and rocks, really spectacular. Its also very small and easy to navigate (meaning the only thing we need to look out for in the streets is cows and bulls walking into us). We visited a temple yesterday and did a little shopping, I am happy to report I finally found my mumbai pants that I had been looking for! Ashley and I bought the two last pairs it seems. There is a great rooftop restaurant we have been eating at, tons of western food so easy on our stomachs. Apparently alcohol is banned here but leave it us Americans to find the "special drinks." Its called Kali Juice and is listed under fruit juices, but actually its whiskey, coke, and lemon...interesting, not really our taste though.
Today we had a busy day of sightseeing all around Hampi. There are a lot of old palaces and excavated sites to see from the 15th century. It is really amazing, I hope to post pictures soon! We saw the biggest Ganesh in India (a hindu god) which was cool. It was also like animal kingdom, cows, monkeys, goats, sheep everywhere. The most amazing thing we saw...or at least very entertaining for us was a male sheep running around a temple chasing a female sheep all around and trying to "do some business" if you know what I mean. It was quite disturbing actually because she was really not into it at all, but still, you don't often see "wild kingdom" in the middle of DC.
Tonight we watched a beautiul sunset from some of the boudlers. Tomorrow we had to Goa!!! Very excited about that, should be a great time and Ashley and I are plotting our site visits (meaning wherever Jason Bourne was)...
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We are all ready for photos, please!
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