Hampi and more salsa

So the president of India came to Hampi two days late, and we didn't have to move... although we couldn't go to the main side of Hampi for 3 days. Nevertheless there was plenty to do... relax, swim, hike, see lots and lots of monkeys and a couple of temples. The other side, which we got to go to after these couple of days was phenomenal... so many gorgeous temples... and all of them so ornate. One could easily spend a couple of weeks here, and never see the same thing twice.

I also managed (thanks to my local guesthouse owner Babu) to volunteer some time at the nearby Kishkinda trust. I taught two salsa (really cha-cha) classes to the local school teachers, which in turn will teach the kids in the village. So the kids called me "master" teacher... as I am the teacher of the teachers :)

As part of the treat, I got to eat some real Indian food at the homes of some of the local villagers. That was one of the nicest travel treats I've had in a long time. Real food that people eat day to day is such a refreshing change from the daily restaurant food. And by some form of magic, (tfu-tfu-tfu) I haven't been sick yet (3 weeks)... the entire trip!

But now I'm moving on... tonight I'm heading to Bangalore (in another overnight sleeper bus). This is just a short stopover on the way to Kodaikanal in the far south. I will also stop traveling with Ifat for now, and I'll be traveling with a nice British guy I met here in Hampi... Ollie.