Still in Hampi Wednesday

Well, the mosquito net was pretty but the pillow was from hell. Like a rock so I ended up sleeping for a few hours on my pile of clothes. I'm so lucky that I can funtion fairly OK on minimal sleep. Computer today is shite, no USB port so no photos, which is a shame and no power outside and noletterson the keyboard so I'm having to touch typein thedark. Plus the space bar seems a bit cruddy too. But I had a great dinner so nothing can piss me off. Hampi is a totally vegetarian village (Coz it;s a religious site) and there is no beer either which is obviously a bigger problem for me, but the food is divine.

Moved to another computer. This one is better but I'm having problems with big pictures. I need to make them smaller to upload them. I;ll try again!

This morning I was upat 5 and at the temple for 6. I met the guide who was going to take me up the hill but it was dark and I was the only tourist around He told me to get on the back of his bike and I just didn;t feel too good about this. He told me to relax he was government of India guide but I still wasn't convinced and then I had a brainwave I took out my guide book which I had bought yesterday from a street kid and fired a few questions at him which i thought only a guide would know...like the end of the second dynasty dates and to name the different types of columns and their defining features and he passed with flying colours so off we went. he had to help me up the hill.As many of you know I'm a complete joey climbing hills and after all my twisted ankles and scrapped knees I was adamant I wouldn't fall down again so it was a slow process. He must have thought I was a right retard.
Sunrise was OK but a tad cloudy like a good English one, yesterday's was better and then we went past the Jain ashram, he told me all the monks are completely naked all the time and never even as much as kill a fly. Jesus, what a top religion jainism is. Love it!
then I hired a rickshaw driver who seemed very poor and his English was crap but he was smiley and helpful so I decided on him. We drove like mad bastards through the jungle stopping off for me to see massive shiva and krishna temples and a big lingam(Big willy temple with lots of water flowing round it) It's just been so quiet and in the last temple of the day men were playing the rock columns which supported the building and they sounded just like drums and panpipes. Was amazing.
then we rushed up a hill to catch the sunrise which wasn't as good as yesterday either. Saw 2 guys playing a board game at this place and I went over to see if i could have a game of whatever it was. I was horrified the idiots were playing snakes and ladders...what the hell?!!
Going out again with rickshaw Shiv tomorrow morning on a riverside race. I need to wear a more supportive bra I think!. One last try with photos. Night

yes, managed it. This is a massive ganesh statue .

This a family who couldn't speak a work of English but were more than willing to have their photos taken. One thing I've noticed is the bright colours of the women's saris. They are amazing. Men are grimmer and all seem to wear horrid nylon slacks and think moustaches are really sexy.