The city of Hampi bears exceptional testimony to the vanished civilization of the kingdom of Vijayanagar, which reached its apogee under the reign of Krishna Deva Raya between 1509 and 1530. The grand site of Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich princes built Dravidian temples and palaces which won the admiration of travellers between the 14th and 16th centuries. Conquered by the Deccan Muslim confederacy in 1565, the city was pillaged over a period of six months before being abandoned. International flavor from left to right: Mongolian, Mayan, Peruvian, & a court jester, too On a side note... People have been questioning our assessment of unacceptable hotel room qualities and noting that those photographed look really nice. I'd like to make a few points. First, I am usually compelled to photograph beauty, not filth, so of course the hotel photos look nice. Second, looking nice doesn't mean something is nice. Rooms can smell and have mosquitoes without it showing in a photograph. Also, rock hard beds look very similar in photographs to comfortable ones. Finally, what we consider unacceptable is anything that could harm our health. That doesn't seem too picky to us. At any rate, here's a photo of the mirror and the corner of the mould-infested, mosquito-riddled room we had in Hampi.
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