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Mysore Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mysore, India
A stint in Mysore
This is a top pick! Mysore Happy Indian Independence Day! After a harrowing journey to Mysore in which we saw 3 separate auto accidents, we were all a bit shell shocked, and took some time to recoup before seeing the city. We headed to ...
MYSORE
This is a top pick! ... Glastonbury." Ben and I look at each other dumbfounded wondering which dumb ass person has raved on about Glastonbury because here in Mysore that is the only thing England is famous for! As we walk we are approached by many people selling a whole variety ...
What a load of bullocks!
This is a top pick! ... "Parklane Hotel" no less however I do not think that it lived up to it's London counterpart (nice though it was). Mysore's palace was particulaly impressive with some of the most intracate ivory inlaid doors I have ever seen (and on this trip inlaid ...
Maharaja madness!
This is a top pick! ... living in such a place, it must've been nice for some! This morning we caught a bus up Chamundi Hill, with views over Mysore and a Hindu temple on top. It's a pilgrimage site, and once inside the temple we found ourselves caught up in unfamiliar Hindu ...
A journey from broad-band to broad-land
This is a top pick! ... . :: Magical Mysore :: The weekend sent me exploring outside the city's boundaries to one of southern India's most treasured destinations, Mysore, an old-fashioned haven just 4-hours south of Bangalore. Its rolling land is part of the Deccan ...
The Worst Name for a City
This is a top pick! ... were quick to correct me. So my sore it is. The highlight here is the stunning Mysore Palace, where unfortunately, no photography is permitted inside. This is also a major tourist destination for those ...
Kadama 27: Kesava Temple and Feeding Monkey's
This is a top pick! Today we actually went to a waterfall, not a water park. It was about two hours north of Mysore and even though the water levels were down, it was still gorgeous! This monsoon season has been very dry for India making the falls less animated but the ...
Bangalore and Mysore: New India, Incorporated
This is a top pick! ... , rise up in actions, May righteous methods be your guide; May you all prosper ever with Almighty's grace. Moving on to Mysore, the legendary place where the goddess Durga defeated the demon buffalo, I traveled to the clean tree-lined suburbs of ...
Kadama 26: Mysore
This is a top pick! ... dinner at the Beer Garden which must be the place for white people to hang out at .Literally there were about 40 white people eating there! Mysore is full of tourists and I am not sure how I feel about it. The Mysore Palace is lit up at night so we talked ...
The way to Mysore. .
This is a top pick! ... in Mysore, then make my escape to Ooty, a mountain town famous for it's temperate climate and cool nights. . . Making it into Mysore, after a couple of tries, I found the Guptha Hotel, a good price for Mysore in the center--350 rupees. A television, and ...
Mysore.
This is a top pick! ... for the sandalwood oil, it could have been much worse, and it is of good quality and smells wonderful. . . All in all, Mysore I found to be a highly friendly and accessible city, as Indian cities go, and I felt comfortable there the whole time. ...
Cricket, palace, temple and of course, food!
This is a top pick! ... rick-shaw drivers who, despite all having meters, refused to use them and always demanded high charges from us. Mysore - the Maharaja Palace and the Somnathapur Temple From Bangalore we visited charming Mysore, known for its massive palace, market ...
Silky skills
This is a top pick! Now there's a first, the overnight train to Mysore actually arrived early! Mind you, we could have done with an extra hours sleep and were slightly stranded at 6am as nowhere opens until at least 10. Mysore itself is a small city, and certainly one of the ...
Mysore Eyes!
This is a top pick! ... The result is usually a headache. Still, what an experience! We didn't do much else here, despite the fact that Mysore has several other attractions worth seeing. We were tired and we took advantage of our nice hotel room, after our ...
A Palace & Ashtanga Yoga
This is a top pick! ... in Mysore. Nathan couldn't move since he had to stand in the bus and I couldn't see since I was blinded from the dust. Mysore is great city with a beautiful palace, a great market (Devaraja Market) and some world class yoga. We only stayed 1.5 days ...
Mysore again. .
This is a top pick! So it was back to the hotel Guptha in Mysore for some rest. No "doctor" and no market, just a simple dinner and some HBO, perhaps some NatGeo channel, then off to sleep. Of course, it being a simple run up into Bangalore, we dawdled in the morning, ...
Three days in an Indian prison cell. . . .
This is a top pick! ... soon will come, traffic. . " So we passed the time making conversation with officer #293 of the Somnathpur branch of the Mysore Highway police. . Some three and a half hours later, another officer finally showed up, riding the bus. He asked for my ...
The Mustache Palace
This is a top pick! Mysore is an enchanting southwest Indian city famed for its Maharaja's Palace and high quality silk. The Palace is quite the place to behold and the town had enough sites to keep me busy for a day. I caught a bus from Bangalore with just ...
short hop south
This is a top pick! ... said, it was in a central location, I had already paid for the room, and it was (relatively) cheap. A lot of cows in Mysore. Maybe because of the area of the city I was staying in but I saw more cows per capita (is that a ...
Day trip
This is a top pick! ... Sultan, and is now a fort town featuring the spot where he was killed. Apparently, it 'makes a fascinating day trip from Mysore' (my footprint guidebook!) so thats exactly what i decided to do. First place didn't start ...
Mysore
This is a top pick! ... inland and they were finishing the remainder of their time in India back on the coast in Varkala. Our next destination, the city of Mysore (via one nights non discript stop at Kalicut)we got to by bus. And again the driver wasn't too bad at his job ...
City of Sandalwood, Spice,Oils and Incense!
This is a top pick! Day 21 ; Three hour bus northeast to Mysore, Waved goodbye to Kerala and said hello to a whole new state, Karnataka, pronounced with a d instead of the t! V.bumpy bus ride, made you feel like jelly! NH 212 I think, nice long winding road down, not like ...
Mutton intestines
This is a top pick! ... around too. Next i went onto the Maharaja's palace, the main reason most people come to Mysore. Today the whole Indians pay 20 RS, foreigners pay 100 RS really annoyed me, but i paid and went in. To be honest ...
slip-n-slide, baby, slip-n-slide...
The last time i was in india, i remember getting foot massages and head massages for the price of a Latte back home. this time around a head/foot massage isn't going to do the trick. i needed more. i feel that it's important to work hard in life, but ...
Love Letters for Andy
On arrival in Bangalore we transferred onto the Mysore train, second class this time. Foregoing the luxuries of Madras, we checked into the simple and typically Indian Sangeetha Hotel, into a small basic room. On checking poste restante Andy discovered ...
Maharajah central
... overnight bus to Bangalore, a large and hectic city and then blearily walked halfway across town to successfully catch a 3 hour train to Mysore. Upon getting out of the train station at Mysore I was instantly set upon by a crowd of eager taxi and ...
Boating with Crocs and Brindavan Gardens
... we heard there were lots of crocodiles and also the Brindavan Gardens. Whenever I told an Indian that I was living in Mysore (while traveling and not in Mysore, that is) they always mentioned the Brindavan Gardens. Since Southern India is so ...
mysore and a friend
... is Pernille and she is from Norway and working on environmental and their impact on a local tribal people in India. She was on break for the weekend in Mysore. Her fieldwork is taking place in a remote area about 4 hours from here and sounds ...
yum, yum...hurts so good.
... arrived in india to spend 2 months doing my photography and also practicing yoga at the AYRI (Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute) in Mysore. the school is the product of Sri Patabi Jois, the forefather of modern day Ashtanga yoga. Sri Jois teaches there ...
