In reply to nakedave:
Hi Dave,
Hampi: I have not been there personally but have heard from friends that you can easily spend there a few months. Watch out for bears and other "friendly" animals
Ladakh/Himachal Pradesh climbing: I have spent there 1.5 months climbing, 1.5 months travelling/chilling out. Climbing: search for chat(t)ru, chota d(h)ara, zanskar. These places are spelled differently. Amazing bouldering there, thousand of rocks. A few rock climbing crags can be found around Manali/Vashist. Plenty of trekking/climbing companies which can give you advice. I reccommend High Himalayan Adventures in Vashist - very friendly people. They usually know if there is somebody in chattru, chota dara to climb with.
I would reccommend asking at indiamike.com forum. Much more people with India knowledge.
Links:
motivation...my blog post:
http://nzclimb.blogspot.cz/2011/09/indie.html
discussion:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2275458;search_st...
other info:
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/chatru/106942722
maps:
https://picasaweb.google.com/avinashzalake/LadakhMaps#
...feel free to contact me if you need some more info
adam
PS: ladakh/himachal pradesh is so beautiful...
