We called our last post "Delhi Stopover". Lynn and I are back in Delhi again, but we've traveled many miles since that stopover. This time, we are without Aaron, Isaac and Annika. Last night they boarded a Lufthansa flight here, and are now winging their way back to Vancouver Island.
We've been moving too fast to keep up with our blogging. So we'll try to put up a relatively quick series of posts over the next few days to finish documenting our most marvelous family adventure. This one shares our convoluted route from Delhi to Hampi.
Hampi is a village in the South Indian state of Karanataka that is notable for ruins dating back many centuries. Hampi is sacred to Hindus for its numerous temples. Hampi is revered by rock climbers for its world class bouldering. Our son Aaron has known for years about climbing in Hampi, so he was keen for us to put it on our itinerary.
We left travel arrangements for Hampi a bit late, so reservastions on the most direct routes were not available. We enjoyed Air India's great service as we flew from Delhi to Tirupati in the state of Andhra Pradesh. After overnighting in Tirupati, we caught a very slow all-day passenger train to Hospet, the railhead for Hampi. The slide show embedded here is mostly about our long and mostly enjoyable day traveling "2nd class sleeper" on the Hubli Passenger.
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