{"id":6801,"date":"2023-02-27T12:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:19:25","slug":"hampi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/2023\/02\/27\/hampi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlike most people’s conceptions of India, there are plenty of areas with a thinly spread population. Northern Karnataka is one such place. Subsequently public transport is rather sporadic, something I had already experienced. So for my next leg I decided to splurge 3500Rs (\u00a335) on renting a car (with driver) for the 150km\/4hr trip to Hampi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first part of the trip was along narrow potholed roads across agricultural land – mainly sugarcane but also jowari which I found out to be sorghum<\/a>. Interestingly, it is used to feed animals in the richer parts of southern Karnataka, but here in the poorer north it is a staple of the local people. Wikipedia tells me that sorghum, maize and sugarcane all come from the same family. It was much smoother going once we reached the main highway at Kushtagi. Although the road was very good there was little traffic , predominantly lorries with very few cars or buses. Arriving at Hampi I was surprised, but shouldn’t have been, by the number of tourists. I guess because I had seen so few up till now. But they weren’t foreigners, mainly Indians. Domestic tourism in India is certainly booming.<\/p>\n