I am learning Indianenglish...I can almost make myself more understood. I have to speak
S L O W LY.
Sorry I haven't posted any photos that is due to the computers here...
So I decided that although I could book a ticket that allowed me to leave Hubli then go to Hampi and then to Mysore...my mistake was that I booked the ticket to Mysore first...and it's an express train. I am not exactly sure what that means in Indian terms but I think something like this:
Bus Station in Hampi
Train station in Hampi
2nd class non air sleeper
Chai and coffee wala
I decided that I needed to take a break from watching HBO at the place in Hubli and head out to Hampi (four hours on the train)where there is some wonderful ruins there...sort of the size of Angor Wat. Anyways because I could not cancel my original ticket from Hubli to Mysore I decided to book a train ticket to Hampi from Hubli R100 and arrive early the first morning and then stay overnight and then go back to Hubli the next day in the early evening. So I booked there and back for R100 and went to the bus stop on New Year's day to get on the train at 0600. Imagine my surprise at having a bunch of women also going to the train station at the same time waiting at the bus stop. R16 to get to the train station and the buses in Hubli start at around 0500 and go to 1230 am.
The train left the station at Hubli left on time but we were delayed an hour on the tracks and so I guess it was only fitting that on the return trip that it should be an hour late too...didn't get the memo though...
Here are some photos of Hampi and some of the ruins:
And I will be heading to Mysore tonight on the 2nd class Air con...so I will give more details about how that upsized my experience on the train.
S L O W LY.
Sorry I haven't posted any photos that is due to the computers here...
So I decided that although I could book a ticket that allowed me to leave Hubli then go to Hampi and then to Mysore...my mistake was that I booked the ticket to Mysore first...and it's an express train. I am not exactly sure what that means in Indian terms but I think something like this:
- All the locals know that the train will be late and so they show up late...
- You should just get on the train and not book...what are they gonna do throw mama from the train?
- No train is on time (actually now I am am just saying, oh, well, I'm on vacation...what can I do?)
- For some reason when I book second class no air, all I have is men in this area of the train.
I decided that I needed to take a break from watching HBO at the place in Hubli and head out to Hampi (four hours on the train)where there is some wonderful ruins there...sort of the size of Angor Wat. Anyways because I could not cancel my original ticket from Hubli to Mysore I decided to book a train ticket to Hampi from Hubli R100 and arrive early the first morning and then stay overnight and then go back to Hubli the next day in the early evening. So I booked there and back for R100 and went to the bus stop on New Year's day to get on the train at 0600. Imagine my surprise at having a bunch of women also going to the train station at the same time waiting at the bus stop. R16 to get to the train station and the buses in Hubli start at around 0500 and go to 1230 am.
The train left the station at Hubli left on time but we were delayed an hour on the tracks and so I guess it was only fitting that on the return trip that it should be an hour late too...didn't get the memo though...
Here are some photos of Hampi and some of the ruins:
And I will be heading to Mysore tonight on the 2nd class Air con...so I will give more details about how that upsized my experience on the train.
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