Sights..Sounds..Smells..

Since there's more to a holiday than just what you do, I'll spend a bit of ink on where we went too (in this case, ink means free internet space!).

But before dwelling into that, I need mention a few more things missing from the Lonely Planet. There is no network of most telecom service providers!! Yes, I'm blaming the time lag of this blog on the lack of network! The phone booth concept, eradicated in most parts of India because of Mr. Ambani's dream of 'one phone for every Indian', is still thriving here. And thank god for that.
Then comes THE MOST IMPORTANT thing missing from LP : when in Hampi, act like a firang. Its the only way to get some effing respect! A lot of the localites mistook us for foreigners almost cent percent of the time, but the minute we clarified that, we' be greeted with scowls and "oh, Indians, why bother!"...TO OUR FACES. Eventually we gave up and acted Russian. They lapped it up. Suckers.
Funnily, even at all monuments where the entry fee for Indians is Rs.10 and for firangs is Rs.250, we were asked to speak in Hindi to confirm our nationality! Luckily they didn't ask to see our passports or the miffed me would've given them my fist in their face.

More on the places visited, later. I need to deep breathe and meditate a little bit first.

*oooommmmmmm*




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