I have run out of inspiration for titles, as you can tell. I'll be using the Harry Potter material soon 
Still of course, the name had to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is the exploitation of monkeys - I'm sorry, the exploitation of us by monkeys, as seen in one of these videos. Cheeky devils will pinch anything!
I can't hear any audio on these so I cannot screen them for my embarrassing dialogue which is surely there - I remember I usually tried to say something to put most of the videos into some kind of context, but whether it worked, or if I just say something stupid each time I have no idea.
That's my disclaimer, and I'm far too far away to hear your howls of laughter if I do make a blunder, so it's all good
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Monkeys at the Hampi reservoir, take #1:
Monkey at the Hampi reservoir (a.k.a. Thieving Little Bugger) take #2:
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I thought I would get the sheer violence and devastation of those lethal ducks down on camera for all the world to be appalled at, but it seems the video does not want to play ball. Nor any kind of sport, game or distraction at all, so instead I have to leave you with a sideways video of someone else (Jon) jumping into the water. Yes, I was a coward and never did it myself, yes, I do feel slightly ashamed, yes, I do hope to make amends by launching myself out of a plane at 30,000 feet.
It's the least I could do.
Anyway tilt your head if you wanna see properly:
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Poxy videos are not poxy working or are damn poxily short; does that first video of the monkey play for any length of time? I'm sure it was a good 5-10 seconds long...
Someone please have a look at this one - cute baby animals, awww! - and see if it plays for more than a second, it's a link through to the video seperately, of course:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/?action=view¤t=cric322.flv
Might just be this computer not having the software and technical doohickies. Hope so!
If it is then these should work, if not, then fuck it. My videos are all lost and the Photobucket fast uploader is not to be trusted! We shall see; see for yerrselves if any of these work -
Jono in the water again; after climbing that large rock at Gokarna he had to get back to shore, which proved slightly more difficult and infinitely more amusing He makes it though, obviously. I'd be a bit of a bastard posting up a snuff movie of my mate now, wouldn't I? 
Getting through the rocky waters:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/?action=view¤t=cric323.flv
Making a break for freedom and the shoreline:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/?action=view¤t=cric324.flv
This was taken on the ride to Paradise beach, I haven't exactly been kind to your necks here (if it even works) as I rememebr twisting the camera about a bit - but you can see the coast and the rocks and the waves (hopefully) so it's probably worth it:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/?action=view¤t=cric325.flv
I bet this doesn't work. I'm just betting; it probably ain't worth much anyway, all it is is a quick film of the town of Hospet, which is the only town near Hampi and the only place nearby with an actual train station. This is just a street though:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/?action=view¤t=cric326.flv
And here are the cheeky little monkeys once again, this time taking proffered bananas at the top of the steps (gasp!) next to the Hanuman temple. Cute they probably are, but I wouldn't trust 'em an inch:
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/?action=view¤t=cric327.flv
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So ze actual photographs, I take it you still have ze microfilm, hmmmm, Mr. Bond? Hand it over zere's a good little schpy...
Now, does anyone know about the Crying Indian? It was an `advertisement` campaign on US Television, actually a public awareness government message to try and get citizens to not throw their Starbucks plasti-card drinks cups and Wendy's wrappers all over the floor. Well. I know about it because I watched Wayne's World 2 of course, and I thought a few crying Indians for this picture would be appropriate, nice even, if only to see that someone actually appreciates how much of a fucking disgrace it is to see everyone throw rubbish down everywhere, whenever they like, without a second thought.
I have been criticised, bloody well criticised for putting rubbish in my pockets and not throwing it on the floor, locals have laughed at me, two people on two occasions told me that it's `not England` so it's okay to drop it anywhere, and someone else gave me the old lie; "Well it's okay to litter, because it gives someone a job" - how about giving people proper jobs at refuse sites, or even having some kind of proper rubbish collection??! The idea of a recycling system and having recycling centres and employing people there is, I'm sure, vastly unrealistic otherwise I'd have ranted about that instead at first .
The problem is that the government, local or central, either can't or can't be bothered to fund much in the way of rubbish collection - I ahve seen nothing apart from the occasional little old man with a big barrow, topped with a cage maybe 2 cubic yards in size and full of rubbish.
To be honest I think these guys are taking it somewhere quiet to pick through and see if there's anything of any use left in there - they are always among the more destitute and downtrodden looking people.
The result is that people take all the rubbish from their houses, offices, restaurants etc. and throw it all on the ground in some similar place, like here, right beside the beautiful backgrounds and natural features of Hampi:
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The little video of the ants didn't seem to work, but here are my little friends that I experimented with - caution! The subject of this photo may actually be almost in focus. Nearly:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0566.jpg
This is more genuinely cool, although simple - the view of the shortcut across the paddy fields near Goan Corner, at Hampi:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0569.jpg
And this is a guesthouse - not ours - but one that caught me eye as it boasts of being the `only guesthouse in Hampi with beautiful garden`. I had a quick look, quite nice it is too:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0571.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0572.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0573.jpg
A busy intersection of the shortcuts 'cross them thar rice fields - you can also sort of see how they are stepped, which is what I was trying to record but will probably have to wait for better examples elsewhere (and for my camera to be fixed):
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0575.jpg
This here is the wall at Gaon corner - notice the bows and arrows, and the wishful sign and legal disclaimer that is really there only for such times as the authorities might come around; bit like all the `No Smoking` signs in every restaurant in Goa, right next to where they keep the ashtrays 
Also there is a tendency for confusion because local business owners confuse the words `keep` and `leave` sometimes, due to the second-hand pronunciation or something. If you adjust for that you can see that a) the words on the tope frame of the bookcase actually mean anything, and b) that the owners are pretty shrewd and demanding when it comes to swaps! :
A couple of points on the list that, if being honest, I would have to address;
1) [presumably] I never saw a C-form in nearly 4 weeks staying there...
2) Didn't really need chilums when everyone made joints all day long...
10) Added as an afterthought, as you can see. Well no-one ever raised an eyebrow about the vast quantity of spiliffs being manufactured, and the establishment stocked and sold plenty of beer just like everywhere else on that side of the river so, really, over here, don't believe hardly anything that everything you read!
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Anyway this was my final walk around the rocks if I recall correctly, so I treid to get a gfew of those pictures I hadn't achieved yet. Let's see if it worked -
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0582.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0581.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0587.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0586.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0584.jpg
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And then I climbed up the back way (the easy way) onto some of the lower slopes of the little `mountain` near the guesthouse, and got a few more lovely scenic pictures -
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0590.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0591.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0592.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0593.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0594.jpg
Someone has been 'ere before, methinks:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0598.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0600.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0601.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0602.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0603.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/evilhippy/Worldwide%20things/IMG_0604.jpg
And I think, finally, that is the last of Hampi! Whether you're sick of the damn pictures of damn rocks or not I don't know, but next up are the picture of Mysore and the very first oft he bird sanctuary, but you'll have to wait for those, especially the really interesting ones of those (trust me, there are some very, very cool pictures from there) because I can see the order is, unsurprisingly, a little messed up.
That's all for now, folks!