Hampi lo ఏడుగురు ( ప్రతి scene climax లాగ ఉంటది )

It had been a while since we were hearing from friends/colleaguestraveling to Hampi, and coming back with ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ about the place, and showing off the beautiful photographs they had taken. After planning it for a while and finally finding some time to spare, we packed our bags and cameras and headed towards Hampi.Here came the first scene.we booked our bus tickets ( RajaHamsa Executive )to Hospet,but buses got cancelled due to Telangana Bandh on 24th December.Then we planned to catch KCG YPR Express so that we can reach Hospet by 7AM.But I know that KCG YPR express will be Jam packed as it is a holiday season.We all
know it is risk to travel in General coach,but we are ready to face any challenges to see Hampi.So we went to general berth and saw passengers are struggling to enter to that bogie.At first instance,two of my friends said "NO" by seeing that hilarious scene.Remaining 3 of my friends compromised them by saying that we can talk to TT to arrange atleast 2 seats.But to my surprise there were around 50+ passengers like us.After making 3 to 4 pradshakshans around him,we got a chance to talk to him.He said "NO" when we were about to ask him a seat.He said"You may get some seats in AC compartments".We all rushed to AC berths and also requested AC berths .AC Berths TT also said "NO".With no chance we asked TT " How much fine we have to pay if we enter into the sleeping berth without ticket".TT said"Fine is (Sleeper Berth charge-General Ticket charge + 250 )".We are ready to pay the fine.So we jumped to S7 Bogie as the train started.
Next Scene is in the train at the end of the Bogie ( near bathrooms ).It was very sad standing there for about 2 hours.But we made that bad moments to good moments by sharing our experiences.We had great time there.But the problem was only that bad smell when somebody opens door.RaviKanth is lucky here.He got a berth and he slipped into a deep sleep so that nobody can disturb him.TT came to us and said sorry for not allocating berths to us.We were shocked but he asked to pay a fine of Rs 400/- for entering to Sleeper coaches.You all ROhit is a very kind hearted so he gave 500/- ( 400/- fine and 100/- for TT saying "SORRY" ).we landed in Guntakal at around 4 AM.We jumped immediately into Amaravathi Express so that we can get few seats.We got complete 2 seats and we all slipped into deep sleep so that we can sleep
for atleast 2-3 hours.Some slept and some other enjoyed the beauty of Ballary Mines ( Iron ore mines ).It was a real treat to our eyes as we see train passing through red color Iron ore mines in the early hours when sun is rising.It was a real scenic beauty.We landed in Hospet around 8AM.We went to Hotel Priyadarshini and got our rooms ( 110 and 114 ).The room there are very nice.Around 9AM,Tiger and myself started to Hampi so that we can book bikes for a ride in and out of Hampi.We reached Hampi around 10:30 AM and booked 4 bikes.Remaing 5 members were waiting in Hotel to receive Mr.Golla.He came to Hospet at around 10AM.They started to Hampi around 11AM.Meanwhile,Tiger and myself had a ride in Hampi for around 2hours.Around 12:30 PM,we all met and started to rock Hampi.We Visited and captured each and every carving.We also depicted some stills of GOD for our future memories.At around 2 PM,we went to a mess and had lunch.That lunch was OK.After lunch,we started to cover Krishna Temple,Bhale Rama Temple,Hampi Bazar,Koneru,etc..,.After taking the beautiful pictures of Lord Krishna, we started to Lotus Mahal.Here the lead role met with an accident.Mr.Golla tried to overtake us.But he slipped and had some minor injuries.We spent some time there and started again to cover rest of Hampi.From there we visited LaxmiNarasimha Swamy Temple and BadavaLingam ( Shiva Lingam in Water ).From there we started to UnderGround temple.We spent about 30 minutes there.we then visited some Mahals,play grounds and other places.Mr.Golla was eager to see the place where Mukkupai muddhu pettu ... ( Chandamama Song ).I don't know the exact reason.We went to that place and had some snaps.The architecture was great there.We went
to small cave there and shared some jokes there in caves.We then started to Lotus Mahal and Elephant's Stable.As it was last place we planned to spent more time.We took some creative photographs.Even foriegners got impressed with our creative work and took some photos of ours.We felt very proud at that moment.Only Hampi Guys can only feel it.We then returned to Virupaksha temple and had a good darshanam there.The scenes between Virupaksha and Elephant Stable was the highlight of all scenes.We took Golla to a doctor as the left hand starting swelling.That idiot ( Doctor ) experimented Golla.He treated him so roughly and tied a bandage as hard as a cement bandage.We felt very sorry for Golla at that moment but we forgot to catch his expressions at that moment.At around 8PM,we started to Hospet.We had a nice dinner
there at Meenakshi Restaurant.We returned to our rooms around 9PM.

Second Day: We booked a TAVERA to cover Badami,Aihole,Kudala Sangam and Almatti Dam.We started around 8AM.Here comes the torturest twist.The road to Kudala Sangam was Jampacked with Lorries for about 10-15 Kms.So we took another route to reach Kudala sangam.We wasted about 2 hours there :(.Believe it or not,I have been in Hyderabad for about 7 years and I did not see that huge traffic jam ever till now.We reached Kudala sangam around 12 PM.The weather was so pleasant there.We spent about 1 hour on the banks of that sangamam.We also visited the samadhi of a great saint.The architecture was very good there.We started to Almatti Dam at arounf 1:30 PM.We had a good lunch there in Udipi restaurant.We reached Almatti dam around
3 PM.To our surprise,the security guards did not allow us to see that dam due to security concerns.We got disappointed and spent about half an hour on the banks of river krishna there.WE had some nice moments there in a Park near Almatti Dam.The park was so beautiful.We captured each and every sq. feet there in that park.From there we started to Badami.Badami is an perfect example for the Saying " Old is Gold".The intelligence involved in the construction of temples in the middle of a river and that caves architecure was so beautiful.We enjoyed the caves architecture for about an hour and started to a temple besides a
river.We spent about 1 hour there.It was another real treat to our eyes.The weather was also so pleasant there as there was a pond near by.From there we started to Hospet.In order to keep driver awake while driving,we took an interesting topic and started discussing.( No the topic was not telangane.It is a top secret ).We reached Hospet around 10 PM.we had dinner in the same restaurant ( meenakshi restaurant ).We played cards for about 1 hour.End of Day 2

Third Day : We thought of spending this day in Tungabhadra Dam and to see sunset.We started around 9AM.We reached Tungabhadra around 10AM.We had some joyous moments there in TungaBhadra Dam.We clicked our cameras every second as every scene was very beautiful there.We explored a beautiful park there near TungaBhadra dam.We took some Jumping photos and Devudu Photos.From there we went to a near by aquarium.There we covered may fishes and studied about them.From there we started to Hampi to cover sunset.We reached Hampi around 3PM.We had about 2 hours to cover sunset.So we planned for a walk from Achyuth Ram temple to Vijaya Vittala Temple.We covered many temples ( Varaha Swamy Temple,Anjaneya
Temple,Kumaraswamy Temple,etc.. ) on the way to vittala temple.We reached Vijaya Vittala temple around 4PM.Vijaya Vittala temple was very beautiful.We cannot explain the architecture,we have to see that's it :) It was around 5PM and we are infront of Virupaksha Temple but the sunset is not so clear as it was a about to rain.We were also disappointed to miss the beautiful sunset.We started to Hospet around 7PM saying " TATA TATA TATA " to each and every monument.We reached Hospet around 8PM.we enquired about the Bus to hyderabad in Hospet Bus stations.They said "ALL buses to hyderabad got cancelled".SO we thought of
catching Haripriya Express to reach Hyderabad.Haripriya express leaves our bogi in Guntakal junction and Rayalaseema takes that bogie to Hyderabad.At that moment I thought that each and every person indirectly showed hell to us.

( KSRTC department )RajaHamsa Buses got cancelled.
( KCG YPR S7 TT ) Horrible journey in KCG YPR express.
( Bikes owner ) gave old bikes which are in bad condtion.
Hampi Road Curves ) Rakesh golla bike skid in sand.
( Doctor ) Increased the pain by a tight bandage.
( Traffic Jam in Hospet ) Missed Aihole.
( Weather / Clouds ) Missed Sunset.
( Again KSRTC ) Return bus got cancelled.
Here comes the ultimate one.
( Time/GOD ) Photos got deleted in my camera at the last moment.
See how many challenges we have faced in this.But we, Vasavians made successful by crossing all these hurdles.Hats off to every one who prayed for our safe return.

Photos are at http://picasaweb.google.com/gorantala.srikanth/Hampi#
Photos_Rajesh are at http://picasaweb.google.com/rajesh.durgam/HAMPI?feat=directlink