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A stint in Mysore, Mysore, India travel blog

A stint in Mysore

A travel blog entry by mxharris

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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, MYSORE, India travel blog

MYSORE

A travel blog entry by roseyben

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... 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!, Mysore, India travel blog

What a load of bullocks!

A travel blog entry by laurenandkris

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... "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!, Mysore, India travel blog

Maharaja madness!

A travel blog entry by lizandsteve

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... 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, Bangalore and Mysore, India travel blog

A journey from broad-band to broad-land

A travel blog entry by andreaturner

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... . :: 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, Mysore, India travel blog

The Worst Name for a City

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures

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... 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 ...

The way to Mysore. ., Mysore, India travel blog

The way to Mysore. .

A travel blog entry by bloomer

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... 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 ...

Bangalore and Mysore: New India, Incorporated, Mysore, India travel blog

Bangalore and Mysore: New India, Incorporated

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... , 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 ...

Mysore., Mysore, India travel blog

Mysore.

A travel blog entry by bloomer

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... 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!, Bangalore and Mysore, India travel blog

Cricket, palace, temple and of course, food!

A travel blog entry by mightylongway

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... 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, Mysore, India travel blog

Silky skills

A travel blog entry by bush-trotters

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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 again. ., Mysore, India travel blog

Mysore again. .

A travel blog entry by bloomer

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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, ...

Mysore Eyes!, Mysore, India travel blog

Mysore Eyes!

A travel blog entry by tavini

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... 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 ...

Three days in an Indian prison cell. . . ., Mysore, India travel blog

Three days in an Indian prison cell. . . .

A travel blog entry by bloomer

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... 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 ...

Day trip, Srirangapatnam, India travel blog

Day trip

A travel blog entry by benabroad

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... 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 ...

A Palace & Ashtanga Yoga, Mysore, India travel blog

A Palace & Ashtanga Yoga

A travel blog entry by losbrowns

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... 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 ...

The Mustache Palace, Mysore, India travel blog

The Mustache Palace

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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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, Mysore, India travel blog

short hop south

A travel blog entry by jay29

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... 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 ...

Mutton intestines, Mysore, India travel blog

Mutton intestines

A travel blog entry by benabroad

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... 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 ...

Mysore, Mysore, India travel blog

Mysore

A travel blog entry by m-and-c

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... 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 ...

slip-n-slide, baby, slip-n-slide..., Mysore, India travel blog

slip-n-slide, baby, slip-n-slide...

A travel blog entry by troseen

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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 ...

Boating with Crocs and Brindavan Gardens, Mysore, Karnataka, India travel blog

Boating with Crocs and Brindavan Gardens

A travel blog entry by ruthbarz

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... 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, Mysore, India travel blog

mysore and a friend

A travel blog entry by mlillie

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... 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., Mysore, India travel blog

yum, yum...hurts so good.

A travel blog entry by troseen

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... 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 ...

mysore, Mysore, India travel blog

mysore

A travel blog entry by nevendula

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Mysore Palace, Mysore, India travel blog

Mysore Palace

A travel blog entry by trainsnotplanes

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The picturesque Bannur Srirangapatnam countryside, Seringapatam, India travel blog

The picturesque Bannur Srirangapatnam countryside

A travel blog entry by indianature

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The Bannur countryside and Srirangapatnam Bannur countryside From Somnathpura, we took the beautiful country route going from Bannur to Srirangapatnam. The tranquil road skirts a pristine lake with resident ducks, lush green fields, orchards and ...

Pasa en las peliculas, pasa en la vida real, Mysore, India travel blog

Pasa en las peliculas, pasa en la vida real

A travel blog entry by maibaner

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... y mandarlo hasta el fondo del canal. Me quede medio en shock por un buen rato, la idea de pasar una temporada en alguna carcel india (o pagar el bote) no me hace mucha gracia. Para cambiar de tema, hay algo que no puedo dejar de mencionar, y es el ...

the eagle has landed., Mysore, India travel blog

the eagle has landed.

A travel blog entry by troseen

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43 hours after stepping on to a plane in Minneapolis, Minnesota, i stepped off a train in Mysore, India, a little bedraggled (is that a word, if not, it should be, because that's how i felt), but no worse for wear. from minneapolis it was on to beautiful ...

American - Indian - African, Mysore, India travel blog

American - Indian - African

A travel blog entry by thorgal67

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... the elephants trying to cross the road, but we saw buffaloes taking a bath, spotted deer, monkeys, peacocks. When we arrived in Mysore we had a quick lunch (called Tiffin) and we called Saif, another member of HC who told us his girlfriend would pick ...

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