Doing it all in Hampi

We stayed for a few days in Hampi, a small village in the middle of nowhere/central-south India, to visit an impressive set of ruins and temples.

The Indian postal service

The circle of life: worshipers would leave offerings of rice, monkeys would eat the rice, and ... Wait, no, that's all that happened, no circle of life here

Alina and the tree, ot a viewpoint on Hampi

Jeremy met a monkey and introduced himself

Jeremy and the monkey instantly bonded 

The monkey taught Jeremy a few tricks

And Jeremy also taught the monkey some tricks of his own

Alina the explorer

Nut-shell boats, the only means of transportation between the two sides of Hampi

We were in Hampi for Hannoukkah and bumped into a Habad house there, so we went and lit the candles one night!

Alina played with a cool dradle, to win some chocolates!

Returning to our side of the river after the Hannoukkah party

We partied super hard in Hampi, as examplified by the facts that there are cool lights in the background and our faces are blue

Making new friends! 

Charlie's Angels

Hampi was a very comprehensive stop, where we really did it all:

Walking Hampi...

Biking Hampi...

Jumping Hampi...

Sleeping Hampi

Taking X-Rated pictures in Hampi...

Boating in Hampi...

Climbing Hampi... We did it all!

Sexy with mustache!

Sexy without mustache!

more boating

Making a stop on the way for "romantic time" as our creepy boat driver explained

Weird carvings. No idea what they are for but we thought you might be interested in them

 Jeremy and Alina,
Mr and Mrs Nonsense

Dancing is Prohibited

After our relaxing week in Kerala, we embarked on a series of long and treacherous commutes throughout central India.  From Kochi, we went to Ooty, which we had heard was a beautiful hilltop town surrounded by beautiful nature.  We found it to be cold and charmless but we found an awesome hotel with a fireplace and we spent an amazing evening there.

We then made a stop in Mysore, where some King decided to build a cool palace in the 20th century.  It was an interesting visit, but according to Jeremy, Versailles is way better...

Alina and her Palace

Making our way further north, we stopped for an evening in Bangalore, where we mostly walked around and stopped in a rooftop bar.  There was an amazing view from the rooftop, and the music was great, so we couldn't help but start dancing.  The manager rushed immediately to us to let us know that "dancing is prohibited".  We believe that the manager was just jealous of Jeremy's crazy dance moves. 

View from our Bangalore rooftop

Jeremy couldn't help but continue dancing sitting down

Maybe, if we dance slowly enough, they won't see us?

Jeremy and Alina,
Nonsense Dancing Forever