WELL....WE LOVED HAMPI IT WAS A TIME OF MANY UPS AND DOWNS THOUGH!!
we ended up staying there for 7 nights/ 8 days travelling around on motorbike everywhere.
it was a mystical place and highly recommend it to anyone... we were however very templed-out in the end as wherever you go ,every corner you turn there is another temple.
however the irrigation centuries old and still used on crops today were awesome we took every off road turn we could and took in all the sights and sounds... stunning.
jonsie upgraded to a faster bigger model of engine but alas his driving skills could not keep up with his enlarged head as we soon found ourselves stalling often, revving out and lurching in all directions... jon has since come to the conlcusion the smaller scooters with automatic gears are much "better suited in the local terrain" ( not mentioning his driving skills...)
we fed cows and elephants LAKSHMI the local temple elephant got blessed a few times ie hit on the head by her for money, sat with her in the water while her carers washed her.....although we tried not encouraging the monkeys xavie had one sit on his lap... the animal wisperer......one snuck into our room and stole our fruit, accidently came across the waterfalls and took in the view as the sun went down.... enjoyed independace day with the locals and cooled down in the river with the local washer women ( much to everyone's amusement)
made plenty of friends after staying so long king was known by the locals as the "king of hampi" xavie sat with the local shopkeeper and played shop, we met Ganesh a local boy 13 years old and hung out with him whenevr he finished school.
it's great being in india people seem to enjoy the more simpler things i found jon around dusk late evening with not much light sitting one day very close to ganesh and his cricket match between him and his friend in a very narrow street sitting in what appeared to be his line of bat when i was about to get angry at jon telling him i dont think it's the best place to sit jon quickly stoppped me and told to to sit down and that he didnt think it would be a problem as i sat next to him with king and xav in the game i watched with fear and thought to myself how irrisponsible it was to sit so close as i watched thought and thought some of the balls should be hitting us for sure i realised there was infact no ball and that these two teenage boys and xav were having an imaginary game of cricket with shouts of joy calling the scores and victory dances all inclusive... i thought how awesome that was and how you wouldn't catch teenage boys at home doing that or they'd be dacked.
having relaxed as we passed the dreaded 2 week goal for "if you dont get sick then ....you won't" then things took a turn for the worse....
xavo got sick from something not sure what as everyone else didnt get it.... vomiting diarrhoea temp of 39...unbelievable.... what a scare... he also started hallucinating after only having gotten symptoms a few hours prior....arghhh what a hellish night....i nursed him through the night and the next day while i stayed with xav jon with king went into the doctors and returned with something the doctor recommended... they were antibiotics and xavie was looking good by the late evening and much improved the next day....
having passed that hurdle....jon then got sick and king then me ( though nowhere near as bad as xavo.....going on almost a week everyones well except me i now after feling vommity....though not vomiting have a cold...which now king has....and im sure next jon and xav...... but nevermind at least now we are all eating and feeling better.
that's india though...highs and lows.... so thankyou Hampi... we will take away memory of Lakshmi, monkeys, temples, cooling rivers, soaring temperatures, poo stained sleeping bags and viral infections.......ha
it was awesome though.... and would recommend it to anyone..
we are now FINE, WE ARE SAFE AND WE ARE NOW WELL.....THANKGOD
LOVE THE BOYS AND BANKSIA
ps jon would also like to mention that during a visit to a temple with the monkeys and cows wandering free... i was rammed by a cow....who had obviously gotten sick of waiting for everyone to get out of it's way and just wanted to get out of there...it is not as interesting as it sounds though and i am fine as is king who was on my shoulders.
we ended up staying there for 7 nights/ 8 days travelling around on motorbike everywhere.
it was a mystical place and highly recommend it to anyone... we were however very templed-out in the end as wherever you go ,every corner you turn there is another temple.
however the irrigation centuries old and still used on crops today were awesome we took every off road turn we could and took in all the sights and sounds... stunning.
jonsie upgraded to a faster bigger model of engine but alas his driving skills could not keep up with his enlarged head as we soon found ourselves stalling often, revving out and lurching in all directions... jon has since come to the conlcusion the smaller scooters with automatic gears are much "better suited in the local terrain" ( not mentioning his driving skills...)
we fed cows and elephants LAKSHMI the local temple elephant got blessed a few times ie hit on the head by her for money, sat with her in the water while her carers washed her.....although we tried not encouraging the monkeys xavie had one sit on his lap... the animal wisperer......one snuck into our room and stole our fruit, accidently came across the waterfalls and took in the view as the sun went down.... enjoyed independace day with the locals and cooled down in the river with the local washer women ( much to everyone's amusement)
made plenty of friends after staying so long king was known by the locals as the "king of hampi" xavie sat with the local shopkeeper and played shop, we met Ganesh a local boy 13 years old and hung out with him whenevr he finished school.
it's great being in india people seem to enjoy the more simpler things i found jon around dusk late evening with not much light sitting one day very close to ganesh and his cricket match between him and his friend in a very narrow street sitting in what appeared to be his line of bat when i was about to get angry at jon telling him i dont think it's the best place to sit jon quickly stoppped me and told to to sit down and that he didnt think it would be a problem as i sat next to him with king and xav in the game i watched with fear and thought to myself how irrisponsible it was to sit so close as i watched thought and thought some of the balls should be hitting us for sure i realised there was infact no ball and that these two teenage boys and xav were having an imaginary game of cricket with shouts of joy calling the scores and victory dances all inclusive... i thought how awesome that was and how you wouldn't catch teenage boys at home doing that or they'd be dacked.
having relaxed as we passed the dreaded 2 week goal for "if you dont get sick then ....you won't" then things took a turn for the worse....
xavo got sick from something not sure what as everyone else didnt get it.... vomiting diarrhoea temp of 39...unbelievable.... what a scare... he also started hallucinating after only having gotten symptoms a few hours prior....arghhh what a hellish night....i nursed him through the night and the next day while i stayed with xav jon with king went into the doctors and returned with something the doctor recommended... they were antibiotics and xavie was looking good by the late evening and much improved the next day....
having passed that hurdle....jon then got sick and king then me ( though nowhere near as bad as xavo.....going on almost a week everyones well except me i now after feling vommity....though not vomiting have a cold...which now king has....and im sure next jon and xav...... but nevermind at least now we are all eating and feeling better.
that's india though...highs and lows.... so thankyou Hampi... we will take away memory of Lakshmi, monkeys, temples, cooling rivers, soaring temperatures, poo stained sleeping bags and viral infections.......ha
it was awesome though.... and would recommend it to anyone..
we are now FINE, WE ARE SAFE AND WE ARE NOW WELL.....THANKGOD
LOVE THE BOYS AND BANKSIA
ps jon would also like to mention that during a visit to a temple with the monkeys and cows wandering free... i was rammed by a cow....who had obviously gotten sick of waiting for everyone to get out of it's way and just wanted to get out of there...it is not as interesting as it sounds though and i am fine as is king who was on my shoulders.
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