The Tranquil South

Hello once again,

We stayed some more in steaming hot Hampi (we're talking way over 40 degrees here( and even warmer in the sun ofc) where we had some great days exploring both the country side but also the ancient temples. We immediately found out that this city was much more cozy and down to earth then what we've experienced so far. Not any Indians taking photos of us with there cell phones (ok, during the festival they actually did, grr) or people asking where we were from and that. Because there was other tourists in this city!! No longer alone against many. In Hampi we got blessed by an elephant aswell!!

The last day in Hampi we crossed a small river to get the other side where we rented a scooter and rode around to different locations. One of them was a monkey temple - at the top of a mountain with only one access: a 600 stepway up the mountain. A nice view yes, but what a walk - and it was midday. 

Sadly we also encountered a drowning accident. When we crossed the river in the small boat three boys got caught in an underwater cave in the river. We saw two of them get saved, but the last one, we heard days after, was found longer down the river hours later. A rather dramatic incident. may he rest in peace.

We are now in Goa, where we've been for the last week. We are in a very small city called Palolem. Oh yeah, and we're living under palm trees in a coconut hut 50 meters from the ocean. Here we've experienced.... long nice days at the beach with sun, fresh fish and happy times. Last saturday we tried Silent Noise, which is a sort of out door club where you wear head phones - and there are different channels you can choose from. a channel with electronica, another with pop, another with more rock'n'roll. the smart thing is that your headphone shines the colour of the channel your listening to, so you can see if other are listening to the same as you. Anyway it's nice to come to a part of India where you can have a party.

Tomorrow we're relocating to another beach, Anjuna, which should also be pretty neat. We'll see.

Forza Lazio!