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Hampi in 27 hours

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Hampi is in my to visit list for almost a decade⏳. Though it is not quite far from where I stay, it is not too close for a day visit and definitely not a place which can be explored completely in one day. However, none of us could take a day off and we had to make it a weekend trip with a stop in Davanagere. Needless to say we did miss lot of places😪, but managed to visit the most important sights. We started from Bangalore early hours of a Saturday (around 2 AM🥴) and, after few hours halt at Davanagere, reached Hampi around 3 PM. Since most places close by dusk, we thought of doing some sightseeing instead of checking into the hotel🏃. We visited Virupaksha temple first and from there walked up the rocks surrounding the temple. 2 Ganesha temples are located there. One of them have Ganesha statue on a open platform with no walls and only pillars - we couldn't realize it is a temple from a distance and didn't visit . Other one have statue inside the temple and is quite big,...

September and October empties

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Final move towards the end of September made the empties list so long again I didn’t think I will club with October. However, being back home and no immediate trip planned, I started using my products not so generously🙈 and some of them got transferred to smaller containers went through October. So here I am👻. 1. Clinique lip balm: I always get these lip balms as freebies😜. They are not creamy nor moisturizing, but gives thin layer of hydration and slight tint of color. I used this one up faster than previous tube which I used almost 3 years ago. I got another one of these in brown shade (freebie too). I am not confining to one lip balm though - using Caudalie lip balm in French kiss along with it💄💄. 2. Clinique mascara: By now, I used quite a few mascaras from various brands and I feel Clinique makes the best mascaras👌. I find most mascaras even the high end ones get bit clumpy and stains my under eye skin before they dry out😰, but this one is most forgiving. I am using Mac...